em-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"
English
Etymology
See en- § Etymology.
Prefix
em-
- The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with em-
Related terms
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Prefix
em-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃/
Prefix
em-
- em- (form of en- before b, m or p)
Hungarian
Etymology
From the Old Hungarian em form of íme.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛm]
Prefix
em-
- The first element of a few compound pronouns and adverbs. The compounds were formed by syntagmatic fusion, the role of the prefix is emphasis.
Derived terms
Hungarian adverbs prefixed with em-
See also
References
- ^ em- in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Northern Ndebele
Prefix
em-
- Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.
Northern Ohlone
Alternative forms
- im- (raising before i or u in the next syllable)
Etymology
Compare Southern Ohlone men-.
Pronoun
em-
Pronoun
em-
See also
person | subject | object | possessive | |||||
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disjunctive1 | proclitic |
enclitic | disjunctive1 | proclitic | enclitic | |||
singular | first | kaana | ek- | -ek, -k | kiš, kaaniš | kiš- | -kiš | ek-, kaanak |
second | meene | em-, im- | -em, -im, -m | miš | emiš-, imiš-, miš- | -miš | em-, meenem | |
third | waaka | Ø-2 | -Ø2 | wiš | Ø-2, eš- | -Ø2, -eš | i-, waakai- | |
plural | first | makkin | mak- | -mak | makkiš, makkinše | — | — | mak-, makkinmak |
second | makkam | kam- | -kam | makkamše | — | — | kam-, makkam | |
third | waakamak | ya- | -ya | yaṭiš | — | — | ya-, waakamak |
1 Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek).
2 Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.
Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine and undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle + -eš + -ek
References
- María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)[1], Unpublished
Old English
Prefix
em-
- alternative form of efn-
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Prefix
em-
Spanish
Prefix
em-
Further reading
- “em-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Xhosa
Prefix
em-
- Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.
Zulu
Prefix
ḗm-
- Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “em-, en-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “em-, en-”