Standardized form ofmu- , fromProto-Austronesian *mu- ( movement prefix ) .
mo- (inchoative ming- ,mi- ,ni- ,contemplative mo- )
actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form non-durative action, an action done without reference to duration; seePerfective aspect Coordinate term: mag- —durative agent trigger Mo kaon ko.I eat.(I is focused.) volitional action Wala siyamo sulti He wouldn't say/refused to say contemplative aspect ofmo- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*mu- ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI mo-
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. ( 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 ” ) Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes
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( 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 ” ) ( 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 ” ) As with the other reflexive prefixes andtla- , this prefixes causes deletion of initiali in verbs such asitta orilpia , with the exception of verbs beginning withih- such asihquiti .
mo-
Used to form causative of verbs. This prefix is used when the following verb is nasal (as opposed to oral). If this verb were oral, the suffixmbo- would be used instead.
FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 1 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 3 noun prefix. FromProto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- , fromProto-Tupian *mo- .
Cognate withMbyá Guaraní mbo- .
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formscausative verbs from intransitive verbs Coordinate term: ( with transitive verbs ) ukar formsfactitive verbs from nouns and adjectives FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 1 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 3 noun prefix. mo-
Alternative form ofmu- Cognate withTehit m- ( “ third-person singular feminine prefix ” ) .
mo- (Jawi مو- )
( feminine ) third-person singular clitic ,she Ternate personal pronouns independent subject proclitic possessive informal formal singular 1st person ngori fangare m ,fajaru f to ri 2nd person ngana ngoni ,jou ngoni no ni 3rd person una m ,mina f o m ,mo f ,i nh i m ,mi f ,ma nh plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na ,nga 1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomi m ,fajaru ngomi f ,fara ngomi 1 mi mi ,mia 2nd person ngoni ni na ,nia 3rd person ana h ,ena nh i h, nh ,yo h, † ,ya nh, † na h ,nga h ,ma nh
unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific m - masculine,f - feminine,h - human,nh - non-human1 - for mixed-gender groups † - archaic 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 FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 1 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *mʊ̀- .
mo-
Class 3 noun prefix.