-tü

• IPA^(key): /ty/

-tü

1. Form of -tı after the vowels Ö / Ü.

   ‎al- (“to take”) + ‎-ın (“to take offense”) + ‎-tı → ‎alıntı (“quotation, citation”)

   ‎ak- (“to flow”) + ‎-ın + ‎-tı → ‎akıntı (“flow, current, stream”)

   ‎çıt (“click or crack sound”) + ‎-ır + ‎-tı → ‎çıtırtı (“clicking, cracking”)

   ‎mor (“purple”) + ‎-ar (“to turn purple”) + ‎-tı → ‎morartı (“bruise, a purplish spot”)

From Proto-Cariban *-tɨ. Compare Wayana -tï, Kari'na -ty, Waiwai -tï, and similar possessive suffixes in other Cariban languages.

• IPA^(key): [-tɨ]

-tü

1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a handful of nouns that end in -tö.
2. (no longer productive) Forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-tü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 113–114, 119
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291