-бэ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Southern Yukaghir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-bə]
  • (intervocalically) IPA(key): [-wə]

Suffix

-бэ (-be)

  1. Used to form locative nouns: place where people do...
    ‎ажуу (ažū, “word; language”) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎ажуубэ (ažūbe, “conversation”)
    ‎мой- (moj-, “hold”) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎мойбэ (mojbe, “handle; notch”, literally “place where people hold”)
    ‎ходоо- (qodō-, “lie”) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎ходообэ (qodōbe, “bed”, literally “place where people lie”)

Declension

Derived terms

Southern Yukaghir terms suffixed with -бэ

References

  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 130
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