pi-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pi"

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw pi-

Prefix

pi- (class II first-person paucal)

1. the direct object of an active transitive verb

   us (few)

2. the subject of a stative intransitive verb

   we (few)

3. indicates possession of a noun

   our (we few's)

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

Choctaw Person Markers

			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-

Curripaco

Prefix

pi-

1. second person singular agent marker

References

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

Ojibwe

Preverb

pi-

1. alternative form of bi- (when not in word initial position)

   Gaawiin ganage gii-pi-izhaasiin.

   He really didn't come.

Sena

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bì- (“Class 8 noun prefix”).

Prefix

pi-

1. Class 8 noun prefix.

References

• W. G. Anderson (1897), An Introductory Grammar of the Sena Language‎^[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 12

Sundanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

pi- (Sundanese script ᮕᮤ-)

1. noun-forming prefix

   ‎pi- + ‎wuruk (“to teach”) → ‎piwuruk (“advice”)

   ‎pi- + ‎unjuk (“to make known”) → ‎piunjuk (“notice; report; announcement”)

   ‎pi- + ‎dulur (“relative; sibling”) → ‎pidulur (“someone who is considered a brother”)

Usage notes

• In order to form a verb from it, the N- prefix is added before the pi-, turning it into a mi-.

Derived terms

• mi-
• pi- -an
• pi- -eun

Sundanese terms prefixed with pi-

pikarunyaeun

mi-

pitandang

Further reading

• D. K. Ardiwinata (1984) [1916], Ayatrohaedi, transl., Tata Bahasa Sunda (ILDEP)‎^[2] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, translation of Elmoening Basa Soenda pikeun pangadjaran di sakola2, djiiid I, page 95
• "pi-" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Prefix

pi-

1. (transitive) first-person singular subject + third-person inverse number object

Prefix

pi-

1. (formative) inverse number object prefix (on verbs with plural subjects) (compare the pę- allomorph)

Alternative forms

• pę-

Derived terms

• ipi- (ąpęn-)
• mąpi- (mąpęn-)

Tocharian B

Verb

pi-

1. to sing