مڠـ
Malay
Alternative forms
- مـ, ممـ, منـ, مڽـ
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Austronesian *maN-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /ɲ/, /r/, /w/, /y/) /mə/
- IPA(key): (before /b/, /p/, /f/) /məm/
- IPA(key): (before /t͡ʃ/, /d/, /d͡ʒ/, /t/, /z/) /mən/
- IPA(key): (before /ɡ/, /h/, /k/, vowels) /məŋ/
- IPA(key): (before /s/) /məɲ/
- IPA(key): (before monosyllabic roots) /məŋə/
Prefix
مڠـ
- Jawi spelling of meng-: agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order.
- مڠـ + اتور → مڠاتور (“to arrange; arranges; arranging”)
- ممـ + باچ → ممباچ (“to read; reads; reading”)
- منـ + چابوت → منچابوت (“to remove; removes; removing”)
- منـ + درما → مندرما (“to donate; donates; donating”)
- مڠـ + يلق → مڠيلق (“to avoid; avoids; avoiding”)
- ممـ + همي → ممهمي (“to understand; understands; understanding”)
- ممـ + فتنه → ممفتنه (“to lie; lies; lying (about someone)”)
- مڠـ + ݢالي → مڠݢالي (“to dig; digs; digging”)
- مڠـ + هانتر → مڠهانتر (“to deliver; delivers; delivering”)
- مڠـ + يکت → مڠيکت (“to tie; ties; tying”)
- منـ + جولوق → منجولوق (“to poke; pokes; poking”)
- مڠـ + يرا → مڠيرا (“to count; counts; counting”)
- مـ + لامر → ملامر (“to propose; proposes; proposing”)
- مـ + ماکن → مماکن (“to eat; eats; eating”)
- مـ + ڽاڽي → مڽاڽي (“to sing; sings; singing”)
- مڠـ + وله → مڠوله (“to edit; edits; editing”)
- ممـ + وکول → مموکول (“to hit; hits; hitting”)
- مـ + راوت → مراوت (“to treat; treats; treating”)
- مـ + ڽاڤو → مڽاڤو (“to sweep; sweep; sweeping”)
- منـ + مبه → منمبه (“to add; adds; adding”)
- مڠـ + وروس → مڠوروس (“to manage; manages; managing”)
- مڠـ + بوم → مڠبوم (“to bomb; bombs; bombing”)
Usage notes
- (before ل, م, ن, ڠ, ڽ, ر, و and ي), it will be written as مـ.
- (before ب and ف), it will be written as ممـ.
- (before ڤ and rarely ف), it will be written as ممـ and will require the removal of the first ڤ or ف.
- (before چ, د, ج and ز), it will be written as منـ.
- (before ت), it will be written as منـ and will require the removal of the first ت.
- (before ݢ and ه), it remains written as مڠـ.
- (before ک), it remains written as مڠـ and will require the removal of the first ک.
- (before س), it will be written as مڽـ and will require the removal of the first س.
- (before monosyllabic roots), it remains written as مڠـ.