-kene
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kene"
Estonian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-kene (genitive -kese, partitive -kest)
- A noun suffix that builds diminutives from nouns.
- kivi (stone) → kivikene (a small stone)
Usage notes[edit]
Diminutives can be stacked, yielding -keseke, -kesekene. The longer forms are rarely used.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of -kene (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -kene | -kesed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | -kese | ||
| genitive | -keste | ||
| partitive | -kest | -kesi | |
| illative | -kesse -kesesse |
-kestesse -kesisse | |
| inessive | -keses | -kestes -kesis | |
| elative | -kesest | -kestest -kesist | |
| allative | -kesele | -kestele -kesile | |
| adessive | -kesel | -kestel -kesil | |
| ablative | -keselt | -kestelt -kesilt | |
| translative | -keseks | -kesteks -kesiks | |
| terminative | -keseni | -kesteni | |
| essive | -kesena | -kestena | |
| abessive | -keseta | -kesteta | |
| comitative | -kesega | -kestega | |
| Declension of -kene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -kene | -kesed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | -kese | ||
| genitive | -keste | ||
| partitive | -kest | -keseid | |
| illative | -kesesse | -kestesse -keseisse | |
| inessive | -keses | -kestes -keseis | |
| elative | -kesest | -kestest -keseist | |
| allative | -kesele | -kestele -keseile | |
| adessive | -kesel | -kestel -keseil | |
| ablative | -keselt | -kestelt -keseilt | |
| translative | -keseks | -kesteks -keseiks | |
| terminative | -keseni | -kesteni | |
| essive | -kesena | -kestena | |
| abessive | -keseta | -kesteta | |
| comitative | -kesega | -kestega | |
Ye'kwana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From -ke + -ne (distant past tense suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-kene
- Marks the distant past imperfective tense when at least one of the arguments of the verb is not third-person.
Usage notes[edit]
This suffix can cause syllable reduction. It never occurs alone but is always accompanied by at least the past imperfective marker -a preceding it.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 213–222