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ämi

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Chuukese

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Determiner

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ämi

  1. second-person plural general possessive; your (plural)
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Chuukese possessive determiners
small objects, concepts large objects, living things suffix
singular first person ai nei -ei
second person omw, om noum -om
third person an noun -an
plural first person äm (exclusive)
ach (inclusive)
nöu̇m (exclusive)
nöüch (inclusive)
-em (exclusive)
-ach (inclusive)
second person ämi, ami noumi -emi
third person ar nour -er

Khumi Chin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *myikw. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ämi

  1. eye

Derived terms

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References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 44