ämi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ami"
Chuukese edit
Determiner edit
ämi
- second-person plural general possessive; your (plural)
Related terms edit
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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Khimi Chin) ämih
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *myikw. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ämi
Derived terms edit
References edit
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 44