მე- -ე
Georgian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Kartvelian *me- -e.
Originally, this circumfix along with სა- -ე (sa- -e) signified grammatical category. The latter denoted animate things, and the former - inanimate ones. Compare modern Georgian terms მე-ღორ-ე (me-ɣor-e, “swine-herd”) and სა-ღორ-ე (sa-ɣor-e, “pigsty”).
Circumfix
edit- attaches to nouns to form agent nouns
- attaches to numerals to form ordinals
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Mingrelian: მე- -ე (me- -e)
Mingrelian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Georgian მე- -ე (me- -e). Doublet of მა- -ა (ma- -a).
Circumfix
edit- forms agent nouns