-a'kene

• (allomorphs) -ka'kene, -ya'kene

From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) +‎ -tö (distant past non-third-person plural suffix) +‎ -kene (distant past imperfective suffix).

• IPA^(key): [-aʔkene]

-a'kene

1. Forms the plural of the distant past imperfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person.

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -ka'kene when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -ya'kene when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -a'kene in other contexts.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 213–222