ai-

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Ternate

Pronoun

ai-

(masculine, dialectal) third-person singular possessive prefix, his
Synonym: i-

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangare^m, fajaru^f		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	una^m, mina^f			o^m, mo^f, i^nh		i^m, mi^f, ma^nh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomi^m, fajaru ngomi^f, fara ngomi¹		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	ana^h, ena^nh			i^{h, nh}, yo^{h, †}, ya^{nh, †}		na^h, nga^h, ma^nh

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

Alternative forms

àrì- (Ekiti)

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

Yoruba terms prefixed with ai-

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