-ñü
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
Ye'kwana
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps cognate to a possessive suffix -nü found in other Cariban languages.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ñü
- Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ñü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114