-m

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

Estonian

Etymology 1

From , cognate to Finnish -mpi.

Suffix

-m

1. Forms comparative adjectives.

Etymology 2

From , cognate to Finnish -ma.

Suffix

-m

1. Forms nouns from verbs.

   koguma (“to collect”) → kogum (“collection, complex, group of items or objects”)

   valima (“to select”) → valim (“sample (in statistics)”)

   hõljuma (“to float”) → hõljum (“plankton”)

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -m

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Hungarian

Suffix

-m

1. (possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)

   hajó (“boat”) → a hajóm (“my boat”)

   kocsi (“car”) → a kocsim (“my car”)

   palota (“palace”) → a palotám (“my palace”)

   érme (“coin”) → az érmém (“my coin”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -m is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  ‎hajó (“boat”) + ‎-m → ‎a hajóm (“my boat”)

  ‎kocsi (“car”) + ‎-m → ‎a kocsim (“my car”)

  ‎palota (“palace”) + ‎-m → ‎a palotám (“my palace”)

  ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-m → ‎az érmém (“my coin”)

  -am is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎ház (“house”) + ‎-am → ‎a házam (“my house”)

  -om is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎kor (“age”) + ‎-om → ‎a korom (“my age”)

  -em is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-em → ‎a kertem (“my garden”)

  ‎fül (“ear”) + ‎-em → ‎a fülem (“my ear”)

  -öm is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎öröm (“joy”) + ‎-öm → ‎az örömöm (“my joy”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [mʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /-mʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {-m}

Alternative forms

• em
• im

Suffix

-m

1. and

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Novial

Suffix

1. turns an adjective to which it is suffixed into an adverb

   boni → bonim

   good → well

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Polish

Alternative forms

• -em (after a consonant)

Suffix

-m

1. First-person singular suffix.

See also

• -ś, -śmy, -ście

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Quechua

Alternative forms

• (after consonants) -mi
• -n

Suffix

-m

1. Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc.

   Ñuqa runasimitam rimani. Qusqumantam kani.

   I speak Quechua. I am from Cusco.

   Allqukunaqa chawa aychatam mikhunku.

   Dogs eat raw meat.

2. Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq

   Maymantam kanki?

   Where are you from?

See also

• -s/-si

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Turkish

Suffix

-m

1. First-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a vowel.

   kedi - kedim

   cat - my cat

Usage notes

• If the noun ends in a consonant, it may be "-im", "-ım", "-um" and "-üm"

  kalem - kalemim

  takım - takımım

  mum - mumum

  göz - gözüm

• It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.

  Utku - Utku'm

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Uzbek

Suffix

-m (Cyrillic spelling -м)

1. First person singular possessive suffix. Used after a noun ending in a vowel. It has the same meaning as "mening" (my) placed before a noun.

   Bu ruchkam.

   This is my ball pen.