pi-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pi"
Choctaw[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Prefix[edit]
pi- (class II first-person paucal)
- the direct object of an active transitive verb
- us (few)
- the subject of a stative intransitive verb
- we (few)
- indicates possession of a noun
- our (we few's)
Usage notes[edit]
Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.
Inflection[edit]
Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
Curripaco[edit]
Prefix[edit]
pi-
- second person singular agent marker
References[edit]
- 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
Ojibwe[edit]
Preverb[edit]
pi-
- Alternative form of bi- (when not in word initial position)
- Gaawiin ganage gii-pi-izhaasiin.
- He really didn't come.
Taos[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
pi-
- (transitive) first-person singular subject + third-person inverse number object
Prefix[edit]
pi-
- (formative) inverse number object prefix (on verbs with plural subjects) (compare the pę- allomorph)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Tocharian B[edit]
Verb[edit]
pi-
- to sing