Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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  • ʋm (traditional)

Prefix

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am- (after another prefix -sam-, before consonants a̱-, class III first-person singular)

  1. the indirect object of an active transitive verb
    to me, for me
  2. the subject of an intransitive affective verb
    I
  3. the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
    me
  4. indicates possession of a noun
    my

Inflection

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Classical Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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  • an- (when followed by a consonant which is not labial)

Prefix

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am-

  1. Subject prefix for verbs; it indicates that the subject is second-person plural; you, you all.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *am-, allophonic variant of *an- before *b and .

Pronunciation

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With lenited m:

With unlenited m:

Prefix

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am-

  1. Alternative form of an- (un-, not)

Usage notes

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The lenited form is used before r, l, and n as well as a few vowel-initial forms that started with *ɸ in Proto-Celtic. The unlenited form is used before b and p.[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 871, page 543

Welsh

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Etymology

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From am (about).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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am-

  1. around, circum-
    am- + ‎llen (sheet) → ‎amlen (envelope)
    am- + ‎ysgrifio (to write, to inscribe) → ‎amsgrifio (to circumscribe)
    am- + ‎cau (to close) → ‎amgáu (to enclose)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
am- unchanged unchanged ham-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “am-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies