Choctaw

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Prefix

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oh- (before consonants ho-, imperative second-person plural)

  1. the subject of an imperative verb
    let you (all), do you (all), do ye
  2. (obsolete) used in place of ordinary pronominal suffixes in the communication between in-laws, especially a man and his mother-in-law
    Im ia lih. → Oh ia lih. (traditional spelling)
    I went with him.

Inflection

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East Central German

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Etymology

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From oh, from Middle High German abe, ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-West Germanic *ab(a), from Proto-Germanic *ab. Compare German ab-.

Prefix

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oh-

  1. (Erzgebirgisch, non-gloss definition, Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting,) off, away.
    oh- + ‎flahe (to rinse, wash) → ‎ohflahe (to rinse off, wash off)
    oh- + ‎taae (to thaw, melt) → ‎ohtaae (to defrost)
  2. (Erzgebirgisch, non-gloss definition, Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement,) down.
    Synonyms: runnr-, nunnr-
    oh- + ‎steing (to rise, climb, increase) → ‎ohsteing (to descend, dismount, get off)
  3. (Erzgebirgisch, non-gloss definition, Noun prefix that indicates being different from the source or) deviation.

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of on): ah-
  • (antonym(s) of up): off-

Derived terms

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References

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  • Wörterbuch der obersächsischen und erzgebirgischen Mundarten, P. 4
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:
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Prefix

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oh-

  1. Marks a second person duoplural subject
    oh- + ‎yicha (he/she is crying) → ‎wohcha (you (plural) are crying)

Usage notes

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  • This is the basic form of the marker; however, it does not typically appear in this form as oh- phonotactically permissible Navajo syllable. In ∅-imperfective verbs, this prefix must be preceded by the peg element w-; in ni-perfective verbs, it becomes noh-.

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Navajo ∅-imperfective subject markers
singular duoplural plural
1st person (yi)sh- (y)ii- deii-
2nd person ni- (w)oh- daah-
3rd person yi- daa-
4th person ji- daji-
Navajo ni-imperfective subject markers
singular duoplural
1st person nish- nii-
2nd person ní- noh-
3rd person yí-
4th person jí-