-me
See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"
Hungarian
Etymology
Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The neologists formed new words with it after artificially deducing it from words ending in -ma/-me. [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛ]
Suffix
-me
Usage notes
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -me | -mék |
| accusative | -mét | -méket |
| dative | -mének | -méknek |
| instrumental | -mével | -mékkel |
| causal-final | -méért | -mékért |
| translative | -mévé | -mékké |
| terminative | -méig | -mékig |
| essive-formal | -meként | -mékként |
| essive-modal | -méül | -mékül |
| inessive | -mében | -mékben |
| superessive | -mén | -méken |
| adessive | -ménél | -méknél |
| illative | -mébe | -mékbe |
| sublative | -mére | -mékre |
| allative | -méhez | -mékhez |
| elative | -méből | -mékből |
| delative | -méről | -mékről |
| ablative | -métől | -méktől |
| Possessive forms of -me | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -mém | -méim |
| 2nd person sing. | -méd | -méid |
| 3rd person sing. | -méje | -méi |
| 1st person plural | -ménk | -méink |
| 2nd person plural | -métek | -méitek |
| 3rd person plural | -méjük | -méik |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-me' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -me'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -me</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Latvian
Suffix
-me
- Added to adjectives (sometimes to nouns) to form abstract nouns, especially those referring to the state or property that corresponds to the original adjective (like, e.g., Eng. -ity).
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latvian_words_suffixed_with_-me' title='Category:Latvian words suffixed with -me'>Latvian words suffixed with -me</a>
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl -meh, Morelos Nahuatl -mej.
Suffix
-me
- Used to form the plural of nouns.
Turkish
Suffix
-me
- Negates meaning of the verb.
- Bana ödevini yapmayı unuttuğunu söyleme!
- Don't tell me that you forgot to do your homework!
Suffix
-me
- Used to form verbal nouns.
- Okuldan sonra eczaneye gitmeyi unuttum.
- I forgot to go to the pharmacy after school.
Usage notes
- Used when the verb's last vowel is a front vowel.
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