-mi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

Buginese

Suffix

-mi (Buginese form ᨆᨗ)

1. only

   tellumi panésaï

   there are only three things that determine it

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Greenlandic

Enclitic

-mi

1. but, however, yet, indeed, what about, yes

   uanga (“I, me”) -> uangami (“what about me?”)

   immaqa (“perhaps”) -> immaqami (“yes, maybe”)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with -mi, locative singluar inflection ending.

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Italian

Pronoun

-mi

1. enclitic form of mi; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative or dative forms when the object is first singular person

   dare (“to give”) → darmi (“to give myself; to give me; to give to me”)

   vendere (“to sell”) → vendermi (“to sell myself; to sell me; to sell to me”)

   servire (“to serve”) → servirmi (“to serve myself; to serve me; to serve to me”)

Usage notes

The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :

-are → -armi

-ere → -ermi

-ire → -irmi

Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:

introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurmi (“to introduce myself; to introduce me; to insert in me”)

In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -mi.

Anagrams

• im-

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Kambera

Pronoun

-mi

1. second person plural genitive enclitic

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

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Laboya

Pronoun

-mi

1. second person plural subject enclitic
2. second person plural possessive enclitic

See also

Laboya pronominal clitics

	Subject	Subject/Possessive	Object
Person
1sg	gu-	-gu	-ga
2sg	mu-	-mu	-gu
3sg	na-	-na	-ni
1pl.incl	da-	-da	-da
1pl.excl	ma-	-ma	-gama
2pl	mi-	-mi	-gimi
3pl	ɗa-	-ɗa	-di

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Makasar

Etymology

Portmanteau of -mo + -i

Enclitic

-mi (Lontara spelling ᨆᨗ)

1. perfective aspect marker with third person absolutive pronoun

   Tinromi i Baso. ― Baso is already asleep.

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Quechua

Alternative forms

• (after vowels) -m

Suffix

-mi

1. Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc.

   Paykunawanmi kachkani.

   I am with them.

   Kuchinillaqa chiwanway ukhuyuqmi.

   The cochineal insect is deep red on the inside.

2. Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq

   Piwanmi richkanki?

   Who are you going with?

See also

• -s/-si

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Sassarese

Pronoun

-mi

1. enclitic form of mi; appended to polysyllabic second-person singular imperative forms

   ciama (“call!”) → ciàmami (“call me!”)

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Uneapa

Etymology

From a shortening of Proto-Oceanic *-mami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-mami, from Proto-Austronesian *-ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

Suffix

-mi

1. A first-person plural exclusive possessive suffix.

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365

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Warlpiri

Suffix

-mi

1. non-past marker, applied to verbs of class 1 to indicate non-past tense

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)