-nano

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See also: nano, ñaño, nano-, and Nan'ō

Hixkaryana

Noun

-nano

  1. suffix applied to naturally possessed nouns to depossess them; that is, to indicate that they are not, in fact, possessed
    aho : r-aho-nɨ (“my stool”) → aho-nano (“stool”).

References

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN), page 170
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