Affixes and particles

Inherent Suffixes

Intransitive Parametric (Class A1)

  • o: Parametric frame (c) marker.
  • ie: Parametric frame (0) marker.
  • aqa: Parametric frame (1) marker.

Transitive Parametric (Class A2)

  • ai: Parametric frame (c c) marker.
  • io: Parametric frame (c 0) marker.
  • ui: Parametric frame (c 1) marker.
  • uo: Parametric frame (0 0) marker.
  • ia: Parametric frame (0 1) marker.

Negating (Class A3)

  • na: Negates predicate (¬).

Voicing (Class A4)

  • la: For intransitive predicates, changes the meaning of the predicate to express the -la definition. For transitive predicates, reverses the order of arguments.

Free Suffixes

Clausal (Class B1)

  • cu: Starts a standard clause to the right.
  • ra: Starts an indirect question clause to the right.

Adverbial (Class B2)

  • me: Marks predicate as being a simple adverb (does not open an adverbial clause).
  • li: Marks predicate as being a complex adverb (opens an adverbial clause).

Illocutionary (Class B3)

  • n: Assertive (AST) sentence illocution marker.
  • rro: Imperative (IMP) sentence illocution marker.
  • ma: Interrogative (INT) sentence illocution marker.
  • xai: Suggestive (SUG) sentence illocution marker.
  • le: Performative (PRF) sentence illocution marker.

Special Suffixes

Compounding (Class C1)

  • i: Marks previous predicate as being bound to the next predicate in a compound word.
  • ini: Same as -i, but induce strong binding.

Nominal (Class C2)

  • ei: Marks previous predicate as being a native Sekko name, with the definition "Ⓛ is named "Name". May accept either c or 0 arguments.

Numeric (Class C3)

  • mi: Cardinal numeral marker.

Particles

Terminators (Class D1)

  • tam: Terminates standard or indirect question clause.
  • deq: Terminates adverbial clause.