-yato

See also: yatō and -ya'to

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-jato]

Etymology 1

From -ya (recent/distant past perfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

Suffix

-yato

1. Forms the plural of the recent past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when the arguments of the verb are third-person.
2. Forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-yato

1. Allomorph of -ato (recent past imperfective non-third-person plural suffix) used for stems that end in i.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 215–216