-nü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Ao

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /nɯ˩/, [nɯ˩]

Suffix

-nü

  1. (Chungli) Volitional verbal suffix: to want, wish (to do an action)

Further reading

  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 28

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV -nü
Brazilian standard -nö
New Tribes -nö

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-nɨ]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-nü

  1. allomorph of -dü (relativizing clitic) used after the past imperfective suffix -anö

Etymology 2

Suffix

-nü

  1. (no longer productive) Forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution.

References

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
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