i- -ana
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Malagasy
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].
Circumfix
[edit]- Goal-focus or relative-voice formant, which creates verbs of instrument or goal (i.e., time, place, mode, or cause).
Usage notes
[edit]- This circumfix is directly related to the mi- prefix, and focuses the subject of a Malagasy sentence on instrument or goal rather than on agent: