pi-

Cognate with Chickasaw pi-

pi- (class II first-person paucal)

1. the direct object of an active transitive verb

   us (few)

2. the subject of a stative intransitive verb

   we (few)

3. indicates possession of a noun

   our (we few's)

Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.

pi-

1. second person singular agent marker

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

pi-

1. alternative form of bi- (when not in word initial position)

   Gaawiin ganage gii-pi-izhaasiin.

   He really didn't come.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pi- (Sundanese script ᮕᮤ-)

1. noun-forming prefix

   ‎pi- + ‎wuruk (“to teach”) → ‎piwuruk (“advice”)

   ‎pi- + ‎unjuk (“to make known”) → ‎piunjuk (“notice; report; announcement”)

   ‎pi- + ‎dulur (“relative; sibling”) → ‎pidulur (“someone who is considered a brother”)

• In order to form a verb from it, the N- prefix is added before the , turning it into a mi-.

• D. K. Ardiwinata (1984) [1916] Ayatrohaedi, transl., Tata Bahasa Sunda (ILDEP)‎^[1] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, translation of Elmoening Basa Soenda pikeun pangadjaran di sakola2, djiiid I, page 95
• "pi-" 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

• IPA^(key): /pi/

pi-

1. (transitive) first-person singular subject + third-person inverse number object

pi-

1. (formative) inverse number object prefix (on verbs with plural subjects) (compare the pę- allomorph)

• pę-

• ipi- (ąpęn-)
• mąpi- (mąpęn-)

pi-

1. to sing