-etü'da

Ye'kwana Pronunciation Suffix mch suffix marks the verb of a subordinate clause describing the reason why or the cause from which the main clause occurred; because, since Usage notes Verbs marked with this subordinator use series II markers, indexing the patient (for transitive verbs) or the sole argument (for intransitive verbs). The agent argument of a transitive verb subordinated with this suffix is not indexed on the verb itself but instead found separately marked with the ergative particle mch -uwö. When the subject of the main clause is coreferential with the intransitive subject of the subordinate clause, the verb of the subordinate clause must also take the reflexive prefix mch t-. If the subordinate verb is plural, this suffix becomes mch -etükomo'da. This subordinator may be falling into disuse in contemporary Ye’kwana speech, being replaced by a construction using the copula marked by the postposition mch jökkö. Derived terms mch -etükomo'da References 296, 308, 311–313 -etü'da