-mV

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Uneapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A shortening of earlier *-mu, from Proto-Oceanic *-mu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-mu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • /mV/ (where V is an echo vowel)

Suffix[edit]

-mV

  1. A second-person singular possessive suffix.

Further reading[edit]

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365