am-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"
Choctaw
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ʋm (traditional)
Prefix
[edit]am- (after another prefix -sam-, before consonants a̱-, class III first-person singular)
- the indirect object of an active transitive verb
- to me, for me
- the subject of an intransitive affective verb
- I
- the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
- me
- indicates possession of a noun
- my
Inflection
[edit]Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Prefix
[edit]am-
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from a (demonstrative pronoun) + -m (pronoun-forming suffix). It cannot be attested as an independent term. A direct derivation from ám is less likely.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]am-
- The first element of a few compound pronouns and adverbs. The compounds were formed by syntactic adhesion, the role of the prefix is emphasis, juxtaposition.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ am- in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *am-, allophonic variant of *an- before *b and *ɸ.
Pronunciation
[edit]With lenited m:
With unlenited m:
Prefix
[edit]am-
- Alternative form of an- (“un-, not”)
Usage notes
[edit]The lenited form is used before r, l, and n as well as a few vowel-initial forms that started with *ɸ in Proto-Celtic. The unlenited form is used before b and p.[1]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 871, page 543
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From am (“about”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]am-
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
am- | unchanged | unchanged | ham- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “am-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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