mi-

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-

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

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-

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-

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

mi-

1. Class 4 noun prefix.

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)‎^[2] (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-

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

• Audio (Kenya):

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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

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)

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^[3], 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.