-akö

• -kakö, -yakö (allomorphs)

From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) +‎ -kö (distant past imperfective third-person suffix).

• IPA^(key): [-akə]

-akö

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

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -kakö when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -yakö when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -akö in other contexts.

• -a'to

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