ri-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ri-. Possibly reinforced by the unrelated ri (“young, new”)

Prefix

ri-

  1. denotes repetition. re-, again

Derived terms

Albanian terms prefixed with ri-

Ido

Etymology

From Italian ri-, English re-. Was originally re-, but was changed to ri- due to the confusion with words that naturally start with re.

Prefix

ri-

  1. Prefix used with verbal roots to mean repetition; re-, again

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with ri-

Italian

Etymology

From Latin re-. The prefix ri- is inherited from Latin, while the variant re- is borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri/
  • Hyphenation: ri-

Prefix

ri-

  1. re-, again
    Synonym: re-

Usage notes

  • The prefix ri- is replaced by re- before words beginning with i, for euphonic reasons (except for some words beginning with im- or in- plus a consonant, in which case the two i's coalesce into one).

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with ri-

References

  1. ^ Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia

Anagrams

Marshallese

Alternative forms

  • (unhyphenated) ru-
  • (unhyphenated) rū-

Pronunciation

Derived terms

Prefix

ri-

  1. person from
  2. person who
  3. proclitic that forms person nouns

Usage notes

This prefix is not a complete word on its own, but a clitic with the i symbolically representing only the vowel's height. When written with a hyphen, the vowel assumes a short diphthong pronunciation that transitions towards the secondary articulation of the first consonant phoneme of the attached word. This prefix spelling is only used without a hyphen when attached to a word whose first consonant phoneme is palatalized.

References

Mohawk

Prefix

ri-

  1. pronominal prefix for a first person singular agent and a third person singular masculine patient
    I ____ him

Alternative forms

- Initial consonant
Environment t/s/h/k n/r/w/’ a e/en o/on i y
Word-Initial ri- ri- rii- rii- rii- r- ri-

References

  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 11
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 383

Ternate

Pronoun

ri- (Jawi ر-)

  1. first-person singular possessive prefix, my

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
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