ämi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ami"
Chuukese
Determiner
ämi
- second-person plural general possessive; your (plural)
Related terms
| small objects, concepts | large objects, living things | suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | ai | nei | -ei |
| second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
| third person | an | noun | -an | |
| plural | first person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) |
nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) |
-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
| second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
| third person | ar | nour | -er |
Khumi Chin
Alternative forms
- (Khimi Chin) ämih
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔə.mi˧/
Noun
ämi
Derived terms
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 44