-düje

See also: duje and dü'je

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-düje
Brazilian standard	-döje
New Tribes	-döje

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ɾ̠ɨhe]

Suffix

-düje

1. just as, as, like; attaches to a finite verb form to indicate that what comes next occurs in a like manner to the modified verb

Usage notes

This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix. It can trigger syllable reduction of the preceding syllable and causes lengthening of the preceding vowel (if not reduced).

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗:düje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 100, 437