pi-

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Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw pi-

Prefix

pi- (class II first-person paucal)

  1. the direct object of an active transitive verb
    us (few)
  2. the subject of a stative intransitive verb
    we (few)
  3. indicates possession of a noun
    our (we few's)

Usage notes

Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s +C +V +C/i +a/o +C +V +C +V +C +V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a̱- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa- -sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi̱- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi̱- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi̱- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi̱- hachim- hachik- ho- oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i̱- im- ik-

Curripaco

Prefix

pi-

  1. second person singular agent marker

References

  • Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

Ojibwe

Preverb

pi-

  1. alternative form of bi- (when not in word initial position)
    Gaawiin ganage gii-pi-izhaasiin.
    He really didn't come.

Sundanese

Etymology

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Prefix

pi- (Sundanese script ᮕᮤ-)

  1. noun-forming prefix
    ‎pi- + ‎wuruk (“to teach”) → ‎piwuruk (“advice”)
    ‎pi- + ‎unjuk (“to make known”) → ‎piunjuk (“notice; report; announcement”)
    ‎pi- + ‎dulur (“relative; sibling”) → ‎pidulur (“someone who is considered a brother”)

Usage notes

  • In order to form a verb from it, the N- prefix is added before the pi-, turning it into a mi-.

Derived terms

Sundanese terms prefixed with pi-
pikarunyaeun
mi-
pitandang

Further reading

Taos

Pronunciation

Prefix

pi-

  1. (transitive) first-person singular subject + third-person inverse number object

Prefix

pi-

  1. (formative) inverse number object prefix (on verbs with plural subjects) (compare the pę- allomorph)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Tocharian B

Verb

pi-

  1. to sing
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