mi-

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• Yuko Abe (2006), A Bende Vocabulary‎^[1], Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, page v

From ming-.

• IPA^(key): /mi/ [mɪ]

mi- (infinitive & future mo-, mu-)

1. alternative form of ming-

   Mikaon ko.

   I ate.

• The forms ming- and mi- are only ever used in formal contexts, ning- and ni- are more common in daily conversation.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-

• IPA^(key): /mi/

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Middle French mi (“middle”), from Old French mi, mie (“middle”), from earlier *miei (compare lit, liet < *lieit), from Latin medius (adjective), medium (noun).

• IPA^(key): /mi/

mi-

1. half, mid-

   à mi-chemin ― halfway

   à mi-voix ― in a low voice (literally, “in a half-voice”)

   mi-amer ― bittersweet

• mi-parti

• demi
• midi
• moitié

• “mi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• im-

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-. Compare Swahili mi-.

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix (plural of mu-).

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.

• imi- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Rōmaji transcription of み

mi-

1. second person plural nominative proclitic

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

mi- (singular n'-, singular mu-)

1. class 4 noun prefix
2. class 4 subject concord

mi-

1. my; first person singular possessive marker, used with some kinship terms and some words for body parts

• see mitȟá-

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.

• Arthur Cornwallis Madan (1908), Lala-Lamba Handbook: A Short Introduction to the South-Western Division of the Wisa-Lala Dialect of Northern Rhodesia with Stories and Vocabulary‎^[2], Oxford Clarendon Press, page 11

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-.

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• Thomas A. Akowuah (1996), Lingala - English/English - Lingala‎^[3], Hippocrene Books, page 70

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• Nobuko Yoneda (2006), A Classified Vocabulary of the Matengo Language‎^[4], Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, page xi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• R.C.Wynne (1980), English-Mbukushu Dictionary‎^[5], Avebury Publishing Company Limited, page xvii

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• Yasutoshi Yukawa (2006), A Classified Vocabulary of the Punu Language‎^[6], Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, page iii

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• M. Hannan, S.J. (1984), Standard Shona Dictionary: Revised Edition with Addendum‎^[7], Harare College Press, page x

From Old Sundanese mi-. Analyzed as combination of N- +‎ pi-. Compare Indonesian memper-.

mi- (Sundanese script ᮙᮤ-)

1. Active of pi-

• D. K. Ardiwinata (1984) [1916], Ayatrohaedi, transl., Tata Bahasa Sunda (ILDEP)‎^[8] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, translation of Elmoening Basa Soenda pikeun pangadjaran di sakola2, djiiid I, page 95
• "mi-" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

• (before e) my-

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mi-, from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mi- and Giryama mi-. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi mi- and Zulu mi-.

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mi- (singular m-)

1. mi class_(IV) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class_(III)

   miti mirefu ― tall trees

   ‎mfano (“example”) → ‎mifano (“examples”)

   ‎muhindi (“maize plant”) → ‎mihindi (“maize plants”)

   ‎mwili (“body”) → ‎miili (“bodies”)

If an adjective starts with i, the two is are merged to one:

‎mi- + ‎-ingine (“other”) → ‎mingine

Before e, the form my- is used. This does not apply to nouns.

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Cognate with Tehit m- (“first-person plural exclusive prefix”).

mi- (Jawi مي-)

1. first-person plural exclusive clitic, we
2. first-person plural exclusive possessive pronoun, our

   Synonym: mia-

3. (feminine) third-person singular possessive pronoun, her

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

mi-

1. to hurt, harm (grievously)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀- (“Class 4 noun prefix”).

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefixes.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

Cognate with Ternate mi- (“our”).

• IPA^(key): /mi/

mi-

1. first-person plural exclusive possessive prefix, our

mi-

1. (animate) alternative form of ma- (“his, hers, that being's”) when preceded by a root-initial i

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[9], Pacific linguistics

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

• IPA^(key): [mi-]

mi-

1. Allomorph of m- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

mi-

1. Class 4 simple noun prefix.