t- -emje

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See also: temje

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV t- -emje
Brazilian standard t- -emje
New Tribes t- -emje

Alternative forms

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See the allomorphs listed at t-, -emje.

Pronunciation

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Circumfix

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t- -emje

  1. 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

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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

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-emje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 154–155