-m-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Infix
[edit]-m-
- her, him; 3rd person singular (m class(I)) object concord
- Ninamsikia. ― I hear her/him.
- 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
[edit]| person | independent | subject concord | object concord |
combined forms | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | na | ndi- | si- | |||||
| singular | first | mimi | ni- | si- | -ni- | nami, na mimi | ndimi, ndiye | simi, siye | -angu |
| second | wewe | u- | hu- | -ku- | nawe, na wewe | ndiwe, ndiye | siwe, siye | -ako | |
| third | yeye | a-, yu- | ha-, hayu- | -m-, -mw-, -mu- | naye, na yeye | ndiye | siye | -ake | |
| plural | first | sisi | tu- | hatu- | -tu- | nasi, na sisi | ndisi, ndio | sio | -etu |
| second | ninyi | m-, mw-, mu- | ham-, hamw-, hamu- | -wa- | nanyi, na ninyi | ndinyi, ndio | sinyi, sio | -enu | |
| third | wao | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | nao | ndio | sio | -ao | |
| reflexive | — | — | -ji- | — | — | ||||
| For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. | |||||||||
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -ng- — Default interfix for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel.
- -n- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩.
- -g- — for compounds with preceding stem ending with letter ⟨n⟩.
Etymology
[edit]Interfix
[edit]-m- (Baybayin spelling ᜋ᜔)
- Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel and where the next stem 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