t- -emje
See also: temje
Ye'kwana edit
Alternative forms edit
See the allomorphs listed at t-, -emje.
Pronunciation edit
Circumfix edit
- Forms adverbs from verbs with a resulting meaning of ‘ready to X’, ‘capable of X’ for intransitive verbs and ‘ready to be X-ed’, ‘capable of being X-ed’ for transitive verbs.
Usage notes edit
It is unclear if t- -emje is best analyzed as an adverbializing circumfix or as a separate unspecified person prefix t- and adverbializing suffix -emje.
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-emje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 154–155