ämi
Chuukese
Determiner
ämi
- second-person plural general possessive; your (plural)
Related terms
Chuukese possessive determiners
| Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
| Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
| Third person | an | noun | -an | |
| Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
| Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
| Third person | ar | nour | -er |
Khumi Chin
Alternative forms
- (Khimi Chin) ämih
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *myikw. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔə.mi˧/
Noun
ämi
- eye
Derived terms
- mimui
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin, Payap University, page 44