mo-
Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Standardized form of mu-, from Proto-Austronesian *mu- (movement prefix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mo- (inchoative ming-, mi-, ni-, contemplative mo-)
- actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form
- non-durative action, an action done without reference to duration; see Perfective aspect
- Coordinate term: mag- — durative agent trigger
- Mokaon ko.
- I eat. (I is focused.)
- volitional action
- Wala siya mosulti
- He wouldn't say/refused to say
- non-durative action, an action done without reference to duration; see Perfective aspect
- contemplative aspect of mo-
- Mokaon ko.
- I will eat.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*mu-”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mo-
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Etymology 1
[edit]- (personal prefix, possessive) Used to form the second-person singular possessive of nouns: your. Can combine with relational words to form relational adverbs.
See also
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]- (personal prefix, reflexive) Used to form the second and third person reflexive of transitive verbs: yourself, himself, theirselves. May also indicate reciprocity among the plural person: you/they ____ each other. For certain verbs, this imparts an intransitive sense rather than a strictly reflexive one.
- titītza (“to stretch something”) → timotitītza (“You stretch (yourself)”)
- itta (“to see something”) → motta (“He see himself, she sees herself”)
- tolīnia (“to bother someone, to make suffer”) → ammotolīniah (“You (plrl.) suffer, You are bothered”)
- (personal prefix, passive voice) Used to form the passive construct for inanimate nouns.
Usage notes
[edit]As with the other reflexive prefixes and tla-, this prefixes causes deletion of initial i in verbs such as itta or ilpia, with the exception of verbs beginning with ih- such as ihquiti.
See also
[edit]- Category:Classical Nahuatl terms prefixed with mo-
- Category:Classical Nahuatl noun forms
- Appendix:Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes
Guaraní
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mbo- (for oral words)
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Used to form causative of verbs.
Usage notes
[edit]This prefix is used when the following verb is nasal (as opposed to oral). If this verb were oral, the suffix mbo- would be used instead.
Northern Sotho
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Old Tupi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-, from Proto-Tupian *mo-.
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mbo-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- forms causative verbs from intransitive verbs
- Coordinate term: (with transitive verbs) ukar
- forms factitive verbs from nouns and adjectives
- 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 48v:
- aimoabarê Pedro […]
- [aîmoabaré Pedro […] ]
- I make Pedro a priest.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: mu-
References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mo-”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 281, column 2
Sotho
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Southern Pomo
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Alternative form of mu-
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tehit m- (“third-person singular feminine prefix”).
Pronoun
[edit]mo- (Jawi مو-)
See also
[edit]independent | subject proclitic | possessive | ||||
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Informal | Formal | |||||
1st person singular | ngori | fangarem, fajaruf | to | ri | ||
2nd person singular | ngana | ngoni, jou ngoni | no | ni | ||
3rd person singular | unam, minaf | om, mof, inh | im, mif, manh | |||
1st person plural inclusive | ngone | fo | na, nga | |||
1st person plural exclusive | ngomi | fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 | mi | mi, mia | ||
2nd person plural | ngoni | ni | na, nia | |||
3rd person plural | anah, enanh | ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † | nah, ngah, manh |
- unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- † - archaic
References
[edit]- 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
Tswana
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.
Prefix
[edit]mo-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano prefixes
- Cebuano terms with usage examples
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl prefixes
- Classical Nahuatl reflexive verbs
- Guaraní lemmas
- Guaraní prefixes
- Guaraní terms with usage examples
- Northern Sotho terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Sotho terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Sotho lemmas
- Northern Sotho prefixes
- Northern Sotho noun prefixes
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi prefixes
- Old Tupi terms with quotations
- Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Art of Grammar of the Most Used Language on the Coast of Brazil
- Sotho terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Sotho terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Sotho lemmas
- Sotho prefixes
- Sotho noun prefixes
- Southern Pomo lemmas
- Southern Pomo prefixes
- Ternate lemmas
- Ternate pronouns
- Ternate clitics
- Tswana terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tswana terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tswana lemmas
- Tswana prefixes
- Tswana noun prefixes