akono

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hall analyzes the final -no as a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

akono (possessed akono)

  1. younger brother
  2. younger male parallel cousin
  3. (in relation to a woman) younger same-generation relative in general

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “akono”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “šīʔčɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • The template Template:R:mch:Monterrey does not use the parameter(s): 
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