Where does “-dö'jaato” come from?
-dö'jaato (Ye'kwana) comes from Ye'kwana -ato, from Ye'kwana -tö — forms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person.
Ancestry of “-dö'jaato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye'kwana | -ato | Forms nouns from adverbs, adverbial verb forms, and postpositions, typically with the sense of ‘one that (is) …’, ‘one that has the quality of …’ |
| 2 | Ye'kwana | -tö | forms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person |