-komo

See also: komo, kōmō, and Kōmō

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV	-komo
Brazilian standard	-komo
New Tribes	-como

Alternative forms

-chomo (allomorph after i)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-komo]

Suffix

-komo

forms plural or collective forms of nouns and plural forms of inanimate demonstrative pronouns

Usage notes

Certain nouns, such as those referring to animals, never take this plural suffix. For a few other nouns, the suffix is accepted by some speakers but not by others. When used with numerals, nouns show no morphological plural marking. Use with inanimate demonstrative pronouns and nouns is optional.

When a noun marked with this suffix is marked as possessed, the suffix may indicate either plurality of the noun or plurality of the possessor.

This morpheme can cause syllable reduction. It is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

Derived terms

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗komo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 108–109, 123
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 96–98, 283, 292, 306–307