-me
See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"
Hungarian
Etymology
Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The neologists formed new words with it after artificially deducing it from words ending in -ma/-me. [1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-me
Usage notes
- (noun suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants:
- -ma is added to back vowel words
- -me is added to front vowel words
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -me | -mék |
| accusative | -mét | -méket |
| dative | -mének | -méknek |
| instrumental | -mével | -mékkel |
| causal-final | -méért | -mékért |
| translative | -mévé | -mékké |
| terminative | -méig | -mékig |
| essive-formal | -meként | -mékként |
| essive-modal | -méül | -mékül |
| inessive | -mében | -mékben |
| superessive | -mén | -méken |
| adessive | -ménél | -méknél |
| illative | -mébe | -mékbe |
| sublative | -mére | -mékre |
| allative | -méhez | -mékhez |
| elative | -méből | -mékből |
| delative | -méről | -mékről |
| ablative | -métől | -méktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-méé | -méké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-mééi | -mékéi |
| Possessive forms of -me | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -mém | -méim |
| 2nd person sing. | -méd | -méid |
| 3rd person sing. | -méje | -méi |
| 1st person plural | -ménk | -méink |
| 2nd person plural | -métek | -méitek |
| 3rd person plural | -méjük | -méik |
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ -me in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Latvian
Alternative forms
Suffix
-me
- Added to adjectives (sometimes to nouns) to form abstract nouns, especially those referring to the state or property that corresponds to the original adjective (like, e.g., Eng. -ity).
Derived terms
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl -meh, Morelos Nahuatl -mej.
Suffix
-me
- Used to form the plural of nouns.
Turkish
Etymology 1
Suffix
-me
- Negates meaning of the verb.
- Bana ödevini yapmayı unuttuğunu söyleme!
- Don't tell me that you forgot to do your homework!
Etymology 2
Suffix
-me
- Used to form verbal nouns.
- Okuldan sonra eczaneye gitmeyi unuttum.
- I forgot to go to the pharmacy after school.
Usage notes
- Used when the verb's last vowel is a front vowel.
See also
Categories:
- Hungarian words originating from the language reform
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian suffixes
- Hungarian terms with rare senses
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian suffixes
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl lemmas
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl suffixes
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish suffixes
- Turkish terms with usage examples