-'de

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-ʔde]

Suffix

-'de

  1. Used on nonpast finite verb forms to indicate that the action described by the verb will or must be performed later, after some delay.

Usage notes

This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

Most often used with various imperative markers, -kö, -iye, -'ñojo, -i and -'no, to form a delayed imperative, but also with the nonpast marker -a and future markers -tai and -ta.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-'de”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 160–161
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