t- -emje

See also: temje

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

See the allomorphs listed at t-, -emje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t- -emm̥e]

Circumfix

t- -emje

1. Forms adverbs from verbs with a resulting meaning of ‘ready to X’, ‘capable of X’ for intransitive verbs and ‘ready to be X-ed’, ‘capable of being X-ed’ for transitive verbs.

Usage notes

It is unclear if t- -emje is best analyzed as an adverbializing circumfix or as a separate unspecified person prefix t- and adverbializing suffix -emje.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-emje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 154–155