t- -emje
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See also: temje
Ye'kwana[edit]
ALIV | t- -emje |
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Brazilian standard | t- -emje |
New Tribes | t- -emje |
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