-tü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Maquiritari

Etymology

Compare Wayana -tü, Galibi Carib -tü, and similar possessive suffixes in other Cariban languages.

Suffix

-tü

  1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a handful of nouns that end in -tö.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “-tü”, in Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 113–114
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