-mjüdü

Maquiritari

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *-nïpï + *-rï. The second morpheme is equivalent to -dü (possessive marker), but seems to no longer be analyzed as such in modern Maquiritari.

Suffix

-mjüdü

  1. Marks a noun as possessed in the past; used with very few nouns.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 119
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