مڠـ

Malay

Alternative forms

• مـ, ممـ, منـ, مڽـ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /ɲ/, /r/, /w/, /y/) /mə/
• IPA^(key): (before /b/, /p/, /f/) /məm/
• IPA^(key): (before /t͡ʃ/, /d/, /d͡ʒ/, /t/, /z/) /mən/
• IPA^(key): (before /ɡ/, /h/, /k/, vowels) /məŋ/
• IPA^(key): (before /s/) /məɲ/
• IPA^(key): (before monosyllabic roots) /məŋə/

Prefix

مڠـ

1. Jawi spelling of meng-‎: agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order.

   ‎مڠـ + ‎اتور → ‎مڠاتور (“to arrange; arranges; arranging”)

   ‎ممـ + ‎باچ → ‎ممباچ (“to read; reads; reading”)

   ‎منـ + ‎چابوت → ‎منچابوت (“to remove; removes; removing”)

   ‎منـ + ‎درما → ‎مندرما (“to donate; donates; donating”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎يلق → ‎مڠيلق (“to avoid; avoids; avoiding”)

   ‎ممـ + ‎همي → ‎ممهمي (“to understand; understands; understanding”)

   ‎ممـ + ‎فتنه → ‎ممفتنه (“to lie; lies; lying (about someone)”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎ݢالي → ‎مڠݢالي (“to dig; digs; digging”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎هانتر → ‎مڠهانتر (“to deliver; delivers; delivering”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎يکت → ‎مڠيکت (“to tie; ties; tying”)

   ‎منـ + ‎جولوق → ‎منجولوق (“to poke; pokes; poking”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎يرا → ‎مڠيرا (“to count; counts; counting”)

   ‎مـ + ‎لامر → ‎ملامر (“to propose; proposes; proposing”)

   ‎مـ + ‎ماکن → ‎مماکن (“to eat; eats; eating”)

   ‎مـ + ‎ڽاڽي → ‎مڽاڽي (“to sing; sings; singing”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎وله → ‎مڠوله (“to edit; edits; editing”)

   ‎ممـ + ‎وکول → ‎مموکول (“to hit; hits; hitting”)

   ‎مـ + ‎راوت → ‎مراوت (“to treat; treats; treating”)

   ‎مـ + ‎ڽاڤو → ‎مڽاڤو (“to sweep; sweep; sweeping”)

   ‎منـ + ‎مبه → ‎منمبه (“to add; adds; adding”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎وروس → ‎مڠوروس (“to manage; manages; managing”)

   ‎مڠـ + ‎بوم → ‎مڠبوم (“to bomb; bombs; bombing”)

Usage notes

• (before ل, م, ن, ڠ, ڽ, ر, و and ي), it will be written as مـ.
• (before ب and ف), it will be written as ممـ.
• (before ڤ and rarely ف), it will be written as ممـ and will require the removal of the first ڤ or ف.
• (before چ, د, ج and ز), it will be written as منـ.
• (before ت), it will be written as منـ and will require the removal of the first ت.
• (before ݢ and ه), it remains written as مڠـ.
• (before ک), it remains written as مڠـ and will require the removal of the first ک.
• (before س), it will be written as مڽـ and will require the removal of the first س.
• (before monosyllabic roots), it remains written as مڠـ.