The Wayana main construction

(declarative, main clause construction)

Lexically conditioned split-S, but the 1+2 markers have a slightly different lexical distribution than those of other persons.

Transitive person marking
1P2P1+2P1+3P3P
1Ak(u)(w)-w(i)-, w(ɨ)-
2Ak(u)-? m(i)-, m(ɨ)-
1+2A(ku)h(i)-/kut-
1+3A? emna n(i)-
3Aɨ-/j-ə(w)-k(u)-emna n(i)-, n(ɨ)-
Intransitive person marking
1ɨ-/j-, w(ɨ)-
2ə(w)-, m(ɨ)-
1+2k(u)-, (ku)h-/k(ut)-
1+3emna n(i)-, emna n(ɨ)-
3n(i)-, n(ɨ)-

Form Function(s) Cognate set(s) References