mo-

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Standardized form of mu-, from Proto-Austronesian *mu- (movement prefix).

Pronunciation

Prefix

mo- (inchoative ming-, mi-, ni-, contemplative mo-)

  1. actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form
    1. non-durative action, an action done without reference to duration; see Perfective aspect
      Coordinate term: mag- — durative agent trigger
      Mokaon ko.
      I eat. (I is focused.)
    2. volitional action
      Wala siya mosulti
      He wouldn't say/refused to say
  2. contemplative aspect of mo-
    Mokaon ko.
    I will eat.

Derived terms

Cebuano terms prefixed with mo-

See also

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*mu-”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Prefix

mo-

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Etymology 1

  1. (personal prefix, possessive) Used to form the second-person singular possessive of nouns: your. Can combine with relational words to form relational adverbs.
    nāntzintli (“mother”) → monāntzin (“your mother”)
    calli (“house”) → mocal (“your house”)
    -tlōc (“beside”) → motlōc (“beside you”)

See also

Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes
Singular Plural
1st person no- to-
2nd person mo- amo-
3rd person ī- īm-
impersonal tē-

Derived terms

Category Classical Nahuatl nouns prefixed with mo- not found

Etymology 2

  1. (personal prefix, reflexive) Used to form the second and third person reflexive of transitive verbs: yourself, himself, theirselves. May also indicate reciprocity among the plural person: you/they ____ each other. For certain verbs, this imparts an intransitive sense rather than a strictly reflexive one.
    titītza (“to stretch something”) → timotitītza (“You stretch (yourself)”)
    itta (“to see something”) → motta (“He see himself, she sees herself”)
    -h (“(plural)”) → mottah (“They see themselves, They look at each other”)
    tolīnia (“to bother someone, to make suffer”) → ammotolīniah (“You (plrl.) suffer, You are bothered”)
  2. (personal prefix, passive voice) Used to form the passive construct for inanimate nouns.
    titītza (“to stretch something”) → motitītza (“It is stretched”)
    itta (“to see something”) → motta (“It is seen, it is visible”)
    pāca (“to wash something”) → mopāca (“It is washed”)

Usage notes

As with the other reflexive prefixes and tla-, this prefixes causes deletion of initial i in verbs such as itta or ilpia, with the exception of verbs beginning with ih- such as ihquiti.

See also

Guaraní

Alternative forms

  • mbo- (for oral words)

Prefix

mo-

  1. Used to form causative of verbs.
    mopu'ã
    to raise, to cause to rise

Usage notes

This prefix is used when the following verb is nasal (as opposed to oral). If this verb were oral, the suffix mbo- would be used instead.

Northern Sotho

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

  1. Class 1 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

  1. Class 3 noun prefix.

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-, from Proto-Tupian *mo-.

    Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mbo-.

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. forms causative verbs from intransitive verbs
      Coordinate term: (with transitive verbs) ukar
    2. forms factitive verbs from nouns and adjectives

    Derived terms

    Old Tupi terms prefixed with mo-

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: mu-

    References

    Sotho

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. Class 1 noun prefix.

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. Class 3 noun prefix.

    Southern Pomo

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. Alternative form of mu-

    Ternate

    Etymology

    Cognate with Tehit m- (“third-person singular feminine prefix”).

    Pronoun

    mo- (Jawi مو-)

    1. (feminine) third-person singular clitic, she

    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

    Tswana

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. Class 1 noun prefix.

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

    Prefix

    mo-

    1. Class 3 noun prefix.
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