ön-

Etymology
From the stem of a  third-person singular pronoun (present-day ), with the obsolete pronoun suffix.

Prefix

 * 1) self-

Etymology
From the noun.

Prefix

 * 1) proto-
 * 2) pre-, before
 * 1) pre-, before
 * 1) pre-, before

Etymology
Cognates are found in certain other languages, but not in any languages of the family outside Venezuela. Compare 🇨🇬 accompanying a negation and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 accompanying an imperative.

Usage notes
This prefix comes between the person marker and the verb stem. However, when used with it does not appear with any other person markers, taking the role of third-person marker itself. By contrast, with it appears alongside person markers of series I. With sociative meaning it also appears alongside person markers.

The form taken by this prefix depends on the first syllable of the stem it attaches to: Additionally, if the verb stem begins with, the is assimilated to become a nasal.
 * if the first syllable begins with a vowel or consonant other than, , , or and its vowel is anything but  or.
 * if the first syllable begins with a vowel or consonant and its vowel is or.
 * if the first syllable begins with a vowel or.
 * if the first syllable begins with a consonant or.
 * if the first syllable begins with two consonants.

With certain speakers, the sociative meaning has also been found with other tense/aspect/mood verb forms, and it may be that its use is not restricted to co-occurring with the three suffixes given above. On the other hand, it is not clear whether this sociative meaning occurs at all in the Cunucunuma River dialect or only the Caura River dialect.