mi- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

Table of Contents
Contents French[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Prefix[edit] Further reading[edit] Anagrams[edit] Japanese[edit] Romanization[edit] Kambera[edit] Pronoun[edit] Lakota[edit] Prefix[edit] Phuthi[edit] Etymology[edit] Prefix[edit] Swahili[edit] Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Prefix[edit] Ternate[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronoun[edit] References[edit] Tocharian B[edit] Verb[edit] Tsonga[edit] Etymology[edit] Prefix[edit] Venda[edit] Etymology[edit] Prefix[edit] West Makian[edit] Etymology 1[edit] Etymology 2[edit] References[edit] Ye'kwana[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Prefix[edit] Zulu[edit] Etymology[edit] Prefix[edit]

Contents

  • 1 French
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Prefix
      • 1.3.1 Derived terms
      • 1.3.2 See also
    • 1.4 Further reading
    • 1.5 Anagrams
  • 2 Japanese
    • 2.1 Romanization
  • 3 Kambera
    • 3.1 Pronoun
      • 3.1.1 See also
  • 4 Lakota
    • 4.1 Prefix
      • 4.1.1 Synonyms
  • 5 Phuthi
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Prefix
  • 6 Swahili
    • 6.1 Alternative forms
    • 6.2 Etymology
    • 6.3 Pronunciation
    • 6.4 Prefix
      • 6.4.1 Usage notes
      • 6.4.2 See also
  • 7 Ternate
    • 7.1 Etymology
    • 7.2 Pronoun
      • 7.2.1 See also
    • 7.3 References
  • 8 Tocharian B
    • 8.1 Verb
  • 9 Tsonga
    • 9.1 Etymology
    • 9.2 Prefix
  • 10 Venda
    • 10.1 Etymology
    • 10.2 Prefix
  • 11 West Makian
    • 11.1 Etymology 1
      • 11.1.1 Pronunciation
      • 11.1.2 Pronoun
    • 11.2 Etymology 2
      • 11.2.1 Pronoun
      • 11.2.2 See also
    • 11.3 References
  • 12 Ye'kwana
    • 12.1 Pronunciation
    • 12.2 Prefix
      • 12.2.1 Inflection
  • 13 Zulu
    • 13.1 Etymology
    • 13.2 Prefix

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French mi (“middle”), from Old French mi, mie (“middle”), from earlier *miei (compare lit, liet < *lieit), from Latin medius (adjective), medium (noun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. half, mid-
    à mi-chemin ― halfway
    à mi-voix ― in a low voice (literally, “in a half-voice”)
    mi-amer ― bittersweet

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

mi-

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  1. Rōmaji transcription of み

Kambera[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mi-

  1. second person plural nominative procl*tic

See also[edit]

Kambera pronominal cl*tics

NominativeGenitiveAccusativeDative
1sgku--nggu-ka-ngga
2sgmu- (u-)-mu-kau-nggau
3sgna--na-ya-nya
1pl.inclta--nda-ta-nda
1pl.exclma--ma-kama-nggama
2plmi- (i-)-mi-kami (-kai)-nggami (-nggai)
3plda--da-ha-nja

Lakota[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. my; first person singular possessive marker, used with some kinship terms and some words for body parts

Synonyms[edit]

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Swahili[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mi- (singular m-)

  1. mi class(IV) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class(III)
    miti mirefu ― tall trees
    ‎mfano (“example”) → ‎mifano (“examples”)
    ‎muhindi (“maize plant”) → ‎mihindi (“maize plants”)
    ‎mwili (“body”) → ‎miili (“bodies”)

Usage notes[edit]

If an adjective starts with i, the two is are merged to one:

‎mi- + ‎-ingine (“other”) → ‎mingine

Before e, the form my- is used. This does not apply to nouns.

See also[edit]

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Tehit m- (“first-person plural exclusive prefix”).

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Pronoun[edit]

mi- (Jawi مي-)

  1. first-person plural exclusive cl*tic, we
  2. first-person plural exclusive possessive pronoun, our
    Synonym: mia-
  3. (feminine) third-person singular possessive pronoun, her

See also[edit]

Ternate personal pronouns

independentsubject procl*ticpossessive
InformalFormal
1st person singularngorifangarem, fajaruftori
2nd person singularnganangoni, jou ngoninoni
3rd person singularunam, minafom, mof, inhim, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusivengonefona, nga
1st person plural exclusivengomifangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1mimi, mia
2nd person pluralngoninina, nia
3rd person pluralanah, enanhih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References[edit]

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tocharian B[edit]

Verb[edit]

mi-

  1. to hurt, harm (grievously)

Tsonga[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Venda[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

West Makian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Ternate mi- (“our”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mi-

  1. first-person plural exclusive possessive prefix, our

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mi-

  1. (animate) alternative form of ma- (“his, hers, that being's”) when preceded by a root-initial i

See also[edit]

West Makian personal pronouns

independentpossessive prefix
1st person singulardeti
2nd person singularnini
3rd person singularmemVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusiveenenV
1st person plural exclusiveimimi
2nd person pluralinifi
3rd person pluralemedi

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. Allomorph of m- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

Inflection[edit]

Ye'kwana personal markers

pronounnoun possessor/
series II verb argument		postposition objectseries I verb argument
transitive patientintransitive patient-likeintransitive agent-liketransitive agent
first personewüy-, ∅-, ü-, u-1w-, wi-
first person dual inclusiveküwük-, kü-, ku-, ki-k-, kii-, ki-1
second personamödöö-, öy-/öd-, o-, oy-/od-, a-, ay-/ad-m-, mi-
first person dual exclusivenñay-/d-, ch-, ∅-, i-1chö-∅-n-, ni-
third persontüwün-, 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 personmön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first personk-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third personsee person X in the chart above

Zulu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix[edit]

mi-

  1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.
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