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.

Etymology 2

From pi- +‎ i- (“he, she, it; him, her, it; his, her, its”)

Prefix

pi- (before vowels pim-, class III first-person paucal)

  1. the indirect object of an active transitive verb
    to us (few), for us (few)
  2. the subject of an intransitive affective verb
    we (few)
  3. the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
    us (few)
  4. indicates possession of a noun
    our (we few's)

Inflection
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- a- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa--sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi- hachim- hachik- ho-oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i- 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

Taos

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

Tocharian B

Verb

pi-

  1. to sing
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