i- -ana

See also: IANA and -iana

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].

Circumfix

i- -ana

1. Goal-focus or relative-voice formant, which creates verbs of instrument or goal (i.e., time, place, mode, or cause).

Usage notes

• This circumfix is directly related to the mi- prefix, and focuses the subject of a Malagasy sentence on instrument or goal rather than on agent:

  (agent/active) Nilaza ny teninao taminy aho

  I spoke your words to them

  (goal/relative) Nilazako ny teninao izy

  I spoke your words to them.

Related terms

• mi-

See also

• an- -ana