-ñü

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Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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Perhaps cognate to a possessive suffix -nü found in other Cariban languages.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ñü

  1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ñü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114