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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -'kö
Brazilian standard -'kä
New Tribes -'cä

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-'kö

  1. Forms diminutives of nouns and pronouns.
    töju (rock)töju'kö (small rock)
    wodi (woman)wodi'chö (girl)
  2. Forms a handful of adverbs relating to small size or amount.
  3. Forms the comparative form of adverbs.

Usage notes

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The diminutive suffix follows after any other derivational and inflectional suffixes on the word it attaches to.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 110, 123
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 311–312