-nö

See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-nö
Brazilian standard	-nä
New Tribes	-nä

Alternative forms

• -ñö (allomorph after i)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-nə]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-nö

1. Forms infinitives and infinitive-like verbal nouns from intransitive verbs, which must bear the intransitive prefix w- but no person marking.

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

Derived terms

Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -nö

Etymology 2

Suffix

-nö

1. Interrogative suffix for verbs.
2. Marks the forms of the recent past imperfective tense not exclusive to first- or second-person arguments.

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. It never occurs alone but is always accompanied by at least the past imperfective marker -a preceding it.

Derived terms

• -anö
• -anto

 

Etymology 3

Suffix

-nö

2. Forms transitive verbs from a few nouns and from adverbs suffixed with the attributivizer -je.

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

Derived terms

Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -nö (verbalizer)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-nö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 141, 148–149