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See also:Appendix:Variations of "m"

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	مْـ

Alternative forms

-mw-(before vowels)
-mu-(before/u/ and/w/)

Etymology

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*mʊ̀-(“Class 1 object prefix”).

Infix

-m-

her,him;3rd person singular (m class_(I)) object concord
Ninamsikia. ―I hearher/him.
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir,Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation fromR. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, inAfrican Studies, volume 5, number 4,→DOI, pages243–249, stanza17:
  اَسِفِدِ يَبُ اِلاَّ شَقَوَا ، اِكَوَ مَيُتُ يَسِمْسِيِ
  Asifidi yambo ila shaqawa, ikawa mayuto yasimsiye.
  he gains nought but trouble and endless regret
- 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla,Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
  […] zilimmulika Kasim Hakimu Marjani na kutuonyesha kuwa yeye ni kijana kiasi, […]
  […] illuminated Kasim Hakimu Marjani and showed us that he is relatively young, […]

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))
	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
	person	independent	affirmative	negative	object concord	na	ndi-	si-	possessive
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, namimi	ndimi,ndiye	simi,siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, nawewe	ndiwe,ndiye	siwe,siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-,yu-	ha-,hayu-	-m-,-mw-,-mu-	naye, nayeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, nasisi	ndisi,ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-,mw-,mu-	ham-,hamw-,hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, naninyi	ndinyi,ndio	sinyi,sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—

For a full table including other classes, seeAppendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

-ng- —Default interfix forcompounds with precedingstem ending in avowel.
-n- —forcompounds with precedingstem ending in avowel, but nextstem starts with the letter⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or⟨t⟩.
-g- —forcompounds with precedingstem ending with letter⟨n⟩.

Etymology

From-ng(enclitic suffix).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /m/[m]

Interfix

-m- (Baybayin spellingᜋ᜔)

Compound interfix, connecting theadjective stem to thenoun stem, after the precedingstem ends in avowel and where the nextstem starts with the letter⟨b⟩ or⟨p⟩.
Synonyms:-ng-,-g-,na,-ng,-g
‎haba + ‎-m- + ‎buhay → ‎habambuhay
‎ganti + ‎-m- + ‎pala → ‎gantimpala
‎bago + ‎-m- + ‎bayan → ‎Bagumbayan

Derived terms

Tagalog terms interfixed with -m-

Yao (Africa)

Etymology 1

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*mʊ̀-(“Class 1 object concord”).

Infix

-m-

3rd person singular object concord.

Etymology 2

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*mʊ́-(“2nd person plural object concord”).

Infix

-m-

2nd person plural object concord.

References

Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902),A Handbook of the Yao Language‎^[2], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page33

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