-dö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -dö
Brazilian standard -dä
New Tribes -dä

Alternative forms

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  • -chö (allomorph after i)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-dö

  1. forms transitive verbs from a small handful of nouns
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-dö

  1. attaches to locational adverbs and certain special postpositions to indicate that they express the destination of a movement; -to, to

Etymology 3

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Suffix

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-dö

  1. augmentative suffix for adverbs
Usage notes
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This suffix causes lengthening of the preceding vowel.

Etymology 4

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Suffix

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-dö

  1. before, earlier
Usage notes
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This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

Etymology 5

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Suffix

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-dö

  1. contrastive particle
Usage notes
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This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗dö, -dö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 149, 278–280