-jö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -jö
Brazilian standard -jä
New Tribes -jä

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *-pô.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-jö

  1. (non-productive) forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution

Derived terms

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References

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  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291