Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV nkayekökö
Brazilian standard nkayeekäkä
New Tribes ncayeecäcä

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *mɨka (back) + -ye +‎ -kökö (by way of).

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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nkayekökö

  1. behind (with movement past)
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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 274–276