mi-

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See also: mí-, mì-, and Appendix:Variations of "mi"

French

Etymology

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

Prefix

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

French terms prefixed with mi-

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

mi-

  1. Rōmaji transcription of み

Kambera

Pronoun

mi-

  1. second person plural nominative proclitic

See also

Kambera pronominal clitics
Nominative Genitive Accusative Dative
1sg ku- -nggu -ka -ngga
2sg mu- (u-) -mu -kau -nggau
3sg na- -na -ya -nya
1pl.incl ta- -nda -ta -nda
1pl.excl ma- -ma -kama -nggama
2pl mi- (i-) -mi -kami (-kai) -nggami (-nggai)
3pl da- -da -ha -nja

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi- (singular n'-, singular mu-)

  1. class 4 noun prefix
  2. class 4 subject concord

Lakota

Prefix

mi-

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

Synonyms

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Prefix

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

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

Ternate

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mi- (Jawi مي-)

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

See also

Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, 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

  • 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

Verb

mi-

  1. to hurt, harm (grievously)

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

  1. Class 4 noun prefix.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate mi- (“our”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mi-

  1. first-person plural exclusive possessive prefix, our

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mi-

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

See also

West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
1st person plural exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

References

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

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Prefix

mi-

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

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument 		postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1 w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-1
second person amödö ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, 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 person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

  1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.
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