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Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French a-, from Latin ad-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛ/
Prefix
ai-
- A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that denote entering a state, making progress toward a goal, or the like.
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes
Ternate
Pronoun
ai-
- (masculine, dialectal) third-person singular possessive prefix, his
- Synonym: i-
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
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independent
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subject proclitic
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possessive
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Formal
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ngori
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fangarem, fajaruf
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to
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ri
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ngana
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ngoni, jou ngoni
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no
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ni
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unam, minaf
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om, mof, inh
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im, mif, manh
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ngone
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fo
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na, nga
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ngomi
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fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1
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mi
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mi, mia
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ngoni
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ni
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na, nia
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| 3rd person plural
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anah, enanh
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ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †
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nah, ngah, manh
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- unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- † - archaic
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tocharian B
Etymology
Cognate with Tocharian A e-, from Proto-Tocharian *āi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to give”).
Verb
ai-
- to give
- to pay out (money)
- (middle voice) to take
References
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ai-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 106–107
Yoruba
Prefix
àì-
- negative nominalizing prefix; non- (added to verbs)
- àìkú (“the act or state of not dying”)
- àìbìkítà (“act or state of not caring or carrying; indifference”)
- àìlásìkò (“the act of not having time; timelessness”)
- àìláya (“the act or state of not having a wife; bachelorhood”)
- àìlè (“not being able; the act of not being able to do something”)
- àìnítẹ̀ẹ́lọ́rùn (“the act of not having satisfaction; dissatisfaction”)
- àìsàn (“the state of not being healthy; sickness”)
Derived terms