-yato

See also: yatō and -ya'to

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-jato]

Etymology 1

From -ya (recent/distant past perfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

Suffix

-yato

  1. Forms the plural of the recent past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when the arguments of the verb are third-person.
  2. Forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.

Suffix

-yato

  1. Allomorph of -ato (recent past imperfective non-third-person plural suffix) used for stems that end in i.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 215–216
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