| Affix function | number of borrowed affixes |
|---|---|
Information and examples are from Hannß (2008) and Katja Hannß (personal communication, 2011).
3 case markers (out of a paradigm of 9 case markers in Uru)
‑kama ‘terminative case’, e.g. uskatan‑kama (moment‑terminative) ‘in a moment, in an instant’ (Hannß 2008: 173; citing Métraux 1935: 101)
‑taki ‘benefactive case’, e.g. suni‑taki ‘for the people’ (Hannß 2008: 176; citing Muysken 2005: 73)
‑na ‘locative case’, e.g. kʷas‑na ‘into the water’ (Hannß 2008: 167; citing Vellard 1967: 4)
3 suffixes that are not interrelated
‑pača ‘intensifier’, e.g. tonx pača ‘even today’ (Hannß 2008: 253; citing Métraux 1935: 91, 101)
‑naka ‘plural’, e.g. suni‑naka ‘the Uru people’ (Hannß 2008: 138; citing Vellard 1967: 3), tusa‑naka ‘balsa rafts’ (Hannß 2008: 168; citing Métraux 1935: 99)
‑pini ‘affirmative clausal clitic’, e.g. kustak-pini-ki (brother-affirmative-topic) ‘the truly older brother’ (Hannß 2008: 274; citing Vellard 1967: 24), yuk‑pini ‘very many’ (Hannß 2008: 274; citing Vellard 1967: 16)