miš-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mis"

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone -mes.

Pronoun

miš-

  1. you, thee (second-person, singular, object pronoun)
    • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes[1]:
      miš peṭesin
      the illness will strike you (you will get sick)

See also

Northern Ohlone personal pronouns
person subject object possessive
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 2 wiš Ø-2, eš- 2, -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and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎[2], Unpublished