-ja'ma

See also: jama, Jama, JAMA, jáma, jämä, jamą, and јама

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV -ja'ma
Brazilian standard -ja'ma
New Tribes -ja'ma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-haʔma]

Suffix

-ja'ma

  1. attaches to the imperative form of a verb to make it a command to do something properly or completely

Usage notes

This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗ja'ma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
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