ken-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ken"

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *köβ̃-, from Proto-Celtic *kom-. Cognate with Cornish kev-, kes- and Welsh cyf- .

Prefix

ken-

  1. with, together
    ‎ken- + ‎ber (“fluent”) → ‎kemper (“confluent”)

Middle English

Prefix

ken-

  1. alternative form of kine-

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [keŋ-]

Prefix

ken-

  1. Allomorph of kün- (distant past third-person prefix) occasionally used for stems that begin with anything but j or y and have a first vowel e.

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument 		postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1 w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-1
second person amödö ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, ni-
distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- —
reciprocal — — öö-
  1. With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
series I verb argument:
transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above
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