mi-

See also: mí-, mì-, and Appendix:Variations of "mi"

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mi (“middle”), from Old French mi, mie (“middle”), from earlier *miei (compare lit, liet < *lieit), from Latin medius (adjective), medium (noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

Prefix

mi-

1. half, mid-

   à mi-chemin ― halfway

   à mi-voix ― in a low voice (literally, “in a half-voice”)

   mi-amer ― bittersweet

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with mi-

• mi-parti

See also

• demi
• midi
• moitié

Further reading

• “mi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• im-

Japanese

Romanization

mi-

1. Rōmaji transcription of み

Kambera

Pronoun

mi-

1. second person plural nominative proclitic

See also

Kambera pronominal clitics

	Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Dative
1sg	ku-	-nggu	-ka	-ngga
2sg	mu- (u-)	-mu	-kau	-nggau
3sg	na-	-na	-ya	-nya
1pl.incl	ta-	-nda	-ta	-nda
1pl.excl	ma-	-ma	-kama	-nggama
2pl	mi- (i-)	-mi	-kami (-kai)	-nggami (-nggai)
3pl	da-	-da	-ha	-nja

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi- (singular n'-, singular mu-)

1. class 4 noun prefix
2. class 4 subject concord

Lakota

Prefix

mi-

1. my; first person singular possessive marker, used with some kinship terms and some words for body parts

Synonyms

• see mitȟá-

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Swahili

Alternative forms

• (before e) my-

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Prefix

mi- (singular m-)

1. mi class_(IV) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class_(III)

   miti mirefu ― tall trees

   ‎mfano (“example”) → ‎mifano (“examples”)

   ‎muhindi (“maize plant”) → ‎mihindi (“maize plants”)

   ‎mwili (“body”) → ‎miili (“bodies”)

Usage notes

If an adjective starts with i, the two is are merged to one:

‎mi- + ‎-ingine (“other”) → ‎mingine

Before e, the form my- is used. This does not apply to nouns.

See also

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tehit m- (“first-person plural exclusive prefix”).

Pronoun

mi- (Jawi مي-)

1. first-person plural exclusive clitic, we
2. first-person plural exclusive possessive pronoun, our

   Synonym: mia-

3. (feminine) third-person singular possessive pronoun, her

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tocharian B

Verb

mi-

1. to hurt, harm (grievously)

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate mi- (“our”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi-

1. first-person plural exclusive possessive prefix, our

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mi-

1. (animate) alternative form of ma- (“his, hers, that being's”) when preceded by a root-initial i

See also

West Makian personal pronouns

	independent	possessive prefix
1st person singular	de	ti
2nd person singular	ni	ni
3rd person singular	me	mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive	ene	nV
1st person plural exclusive	imi	mi
2nd person plural	ini	fi
3rd person plural	eme	di

• V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi-]

Prefix

mi-

1. Allomorph of m- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers

	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		series I verb argument
						transitive patient	intransitive patient-like		intransitive agent-like	transitive agent
first person	ewü	y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1						w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive	küwü	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-								k-, kii-, ki-1
second person	amödö	ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh-							m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive	nña	y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1			chö-	∅-	n-, ni-
third person	tüwü					n-, ni-
distant past third person		—				kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive	—	t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-				—
reciprocal	—	—	öö-
With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.

	series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person	see person X in the chart above

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

Prefix

mi-

1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.