me-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

Garo

Affix

me-

1. A meal from the following time of day.

   Meattam.

   Dinner. (lit. A meal from the evening.)

Derived terms

• mepring
• mesal
• meattam

Indonesian

Etymology

From prefix meng-. Prefix meng- before initials /l/, /m/, /n/, /ɲ/ ⟨ny⟩, /ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩, /r/, /y/ or /w/ will cause fusion with transformation of meng- into me-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/
• Hyphenation: mê

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Prefix

me-

1. Form of prefix meng- before initials of /l/, /m/, /n/, /ɲ/ ⟨ny⟩, /ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩, /r/, /y/ or /w/.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with me-

Further reading

• “me-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Prefix

me-

1. Alternative form of meng-

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

me-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

me-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Swahili

Alternative forms

• ma- (before consonants)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mà-, after contraction with a following vowel.

Prefix

me-

1. ma class_(VI) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix used with some stems starting with e or i

   meno mengine ― other teeth

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

me-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Yurok

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *meʔ- (“someone's”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/

Prefix

me-

1. someone's, indefinite third-person possessive prefix.