em-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"
English
Prefix
em-
- The form taken by en- as it assimilates place of articulation before labial consonants (b, m and p).
Usage notes
- enmesh is one exception.
Related terms
Portuguese
Spanish
Further reading
- “em-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Xhosa
Prefix
em-
- Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.
Zulu
Prefix
em-
- Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “em-, en-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “em-, en-”
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