si-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"
Choctaw
Prefix
si- (except before a/o sa-, class II first-person singular)
- the direct object of an active transitive verb
- me
- the subject of a stative intransitive verb
- I
- indicates possession of a noun
- my
Usage notes
Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.
Inflection
| 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- | ||||||||
Choctaw Person Markers
Chuukese
Prefix
si-
- First-person plural inclusive subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.
Navajo
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Prefix
si-
- Forms neuter perfective (adjectival) verbs
Derived terms
References
- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 684.
Etymology 2
Prefix
si-
Usage notes
This is an alternative form of shi- which comes about in some words as a result of coronal harmony. See, for example, sikʼis, sitsilí. This once firm rule has become optional, and today most Navajo speakers actually prefer to ignore the rules of sibilant (coronal) harmony, especially when there is relatively greater distance between the 1st-person shi- and the alveolar sibilant in the root.
See also
Etymology 3
Prefix
si-
- Marks the third person singular/duoplural of si-perfective verbs, although it is typically realized as s- or z-
Conjugation
With the ∅- classifier:
With the ł- classifier:
With the ∅- classifier and coronal harmony:
With the ł- classifier and coronal harmony:
With the l- and d- classifiers:
With the l- and d- classifiers and coronal harmony:
Derived terms
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- we; first-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
- us; first-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
Phuthi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- we; first-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
- us; first-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- Class 7 noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- we; first-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
- us; first-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Prefix
si-
Sundanese
Swahili
Swazi
Tabaru
Tocharian A
Tocharian B
Xhosa
Zulu
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