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Afar
Pronunciation
Suffix
-m
- Used to form (pro)nouns taking on the quality of the suffixed determiners, numbers, verbs and nouns.
- yí (“my”) + -m → yím (“mine (my something)”)
Usage notes
- When added to a noun, the suffix is added to a genitive:
- áwka (“boy”) + -m → awkím (“the boy's thing”)
Derived terms
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 236
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-mpi, cognate to Finnish -mpi.
Suffix
-m
- Forms comparative adjectives.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *-ma, cognate to Finnish -ma.
Suffix
-m
- Forms nouns from verbs.
- koguma (“to collect”) → kogum (“collection, complex, group of items or objects”)
- valima (“to select”) → valim (“sample (in statistics)”)
- hõljuma (“to float”) → hõljum (“plankton”)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *mᴕ̈ (“I”); see also én (“I”). Cognate with Northern Mansi -м (-m, “my”).
Suffix
-m
- (possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)
- (personal suffix) First-person singular personal suffix:
- Definite forms of transitive verbs (followed by a linking vowel in indicative present/past and subjunctive moods; with no linking vowel in conditional mood).
- tud (“to know”) → tudom, tudtam, tudjam, tudnám (“I know / knew / should know / would know it”)
- kér (“to ask ”) → kérem, kértem, kérjem, kérném (“I ask / asked / should ask / would ask for it”)
- Indefinite forms of -ik verbs.
- alszik (“to sleep”) + -m → alszom (“I sleep”)
- Forming conjugated infinitives (here: “for me to do something”).
- tanulni (“to study”) + -m → tanulnom kell (“I need to study”, literally “for_me_to_study is_necessary”)
- Csak kérnem kell. ― All I have to do is ask . (literally, “only for_me_to_ask is_necessary”)
- Declined and postpositional forms of the first-person personal pronoun én (“I”).
- -ban/-ben (“in”) + -m → bennem (“in me”)
- elé (“in front of”) + -m → elém (“in front of me”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -m is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- hajó (“boat”) + -m → a hajóm (“my boat”)
- kocsi (“car”) + -m → a kocsim (“my car”)
- palota (“palace”) + -m → a palotám (“my palace”)
- érme (“coin”) + -m → az érmém (“my coin”)
- -am is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- ház (“house”) + -am → a házam (“my house”)
- -om is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- kor (“age”) + -om → a korom (“my age”)
- -em is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- kert (“garden”) + -em → a kertem (“my garden”)
- fül (“ear”) + -em → a fülem (“my ear”)
- -öm is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- öröm (“joy”) + -öm → az örömöm (“my joy”)
Etymology 2
It can be traced back to the Proto-Uralic *-m.[1]
Suffix
-m
- (noun-forming suffix, obsolete) Added to a verb (or rarely to a noun) to form a noun. No longer productive in this sense.
- öröm, álom, folyam
- alom, orom, hím
- (frequentative verb-forming suffix, obsolete) No longer productive in this sense.
- élemedett (“elderly”)
See also
References
Ilocano
Pronoun
-m
- Alternative form of -mo (used before vowels and suffixes -en and -an)
See also
Ilocano personal pronouns
Person
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Number
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Absolutive
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Ergative
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Oblique
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Possessive
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Disjunctive
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Enclitic
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Enclitic3
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bági form
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kukua form
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First
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singular
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siak
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-ak
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-ko, -k
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kaniak
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bagik
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kukuak, kuak
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dual
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data, sita1
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-ta
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kaniata, kadata
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bagita
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kukuata
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plural inclusive
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datayo, sitayo1
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-tayo, -tay
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kaniatayo, kadatayo
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bagitayo
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kukuatayo
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plural exclusive
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dakami, sikami1
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-kami, -kam
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-mi
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kaniami, kadakami
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bagimi
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kukuami
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Second
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singular
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sika
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-ka
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-mo, -m
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kaniam, kenka
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bagim
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kukuam
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plural
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dakayo, sikayo1
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-kayo, -kay
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-yo
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kaniayo, kadakayo
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bagiyo
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kukuayo
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Third
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singular
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isu, isuna
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Ø2
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-na
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kaniana, kenkuana
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bagina
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kukuana
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plural
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isuda
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-da
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kaniada, kadakuada
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bagida
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kukuada
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1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
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Marshallese
Pronunciation
Suffix
-m
- and
References
Northern Kurdish
Suffix
-m
- first-person singular suffix
- têm ('I come.')
- çûm ('I went.')
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *-mus.[1]
Suffix
-m m
- Forms verbal nouns of A III (hiatus) verbs
Inflection
Masculine u-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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-m
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-mL
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-mae
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Vocative
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-m
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-mL
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-mu
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Accusative
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-mN
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-mL
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-mu
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Genitive
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-moH, -maH
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-mo, -ma
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-maeN
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Dative
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-mL
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-maib
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-maib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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References
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 108-111
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-m
- Plural suffix (with m-declension nouns)
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-m”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
- Rhymes: -m
- Syllabification:
Etymology 1
From earlier -śm, a contraction of Old Polish jeśm, from Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Suffix
-m
- past-tense first-person singular suffix
- robić + -m → robiłem
- oglądać + -m → oglądałem
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Polish -m, from Proto-Slavic , from Proto-Indo-European .
Suffix
-m
- first-person singular suffix
- oglądać + -m → oglądam
Further reading
- -m in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Quechua
Pronunciation
Suffix
-m
- Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc.
- Used to mark an open-ended question; less formal than -taq.
See also
Turkish
Suffix
-m
- First-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a vowel.
- kedi - kedim
- cat - my cat
Usage notes
Uzbek
Suffix
postconsonantal
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-im
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postvocalic
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-m
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-m (Cyrillic spelling -м)
- Form of -im after a vowel.
Bu ruchkam.- This is my ball pen.