-nö

-nö

See also: nö, noe, Noe, Noé, Noè, no'e, and Appendix:Variations of "no"

Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (allomorph after i) -ñö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-nə]

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.

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

Suffix

-nö

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

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

References

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