-anto

See also: anto and anto-

Esperanto edit

Suffix edit

-anto

See -ant-

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.toː/, [ˈän̪t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.to/, [ˈän̪t̪o]

Suffix edit

-antō

third-person plural future active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Ye'kwana edit

Variant orthographies
ALIV	-anto
Brazilian standard	-anto
New Tribes	-anto

Alternative forms edit

-kanto, -yanto (allomorphs)

Etymology edit

From -anö (recent past imperfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [-anto]

Suffix edit

-anto

Forms the plural of the recent past imperfective tense when the arguments of the verb are third-person.

Usage notes edit

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -kanto when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -yanto when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -anto in other contexts.

References edit

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 213–222