ye-

Chichewa

Etymology

From iyé (“3rd person singular pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jé/

Prefix

yé-

1. Class 1 pronominal concord used with pronominal adjectives.

See also

• nde-
• we-

Dena'ina

Etymology

Compare Ahtna y-, Navajo yi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/

Prefix

ye-

1. Marks a third person non-human verbal subject of a transitive verb acting upon a human object
2. Marks a third person singular object of a postposition (other than the subject of the verb)

   yeł ― with him/her

See also

Dena'ina verbal subject prefixes

	singular	plural
1st person	esh-	chʼe-
2nd person	n-, i-	eh-
3rd person	∅-	qe-
Non-human	ye-
Indefinite human	qe-
Indefinite non-human	kʼe-
Unknown	chʼe-
Areal/temporal/abstract	qe-

Dena'ina object prefixes

	singular	plural
1st person	she-	dna-
2nd person	ne-	nh-
3rd person	∅-, ve-	qev-
4th person	ye-, qey-	qe-
Reflexive	hu-
Reciprocal	nił-
Indefinite	kʼe-
Areal/temporal/abstract	qe-

References

• Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978), Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, pages 68-70