# mi-
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mi (“middle”), from Old French mi, mie (“middle”), from earlier *miei (compare lit, liet < *lieit), from Latin medius (adjective), medium (noun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi/

### Prefix

mi-
* half, mid-
    à mi-chemin ― halfway
    à mi-voix ― in a low voice (literally, “in a half-voice”)
    mi-amer ― bittersweet

#### Derived terms

* mi-parti

#### See also

* demi
* midi
* moitié

### Further reading

* “mi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* im-

## Japanese
### Romanization

mi-
* Rōmaji transcription of み

## Kambera
### Pronoun

mi-
* second person plural nominative proclitic

#### See also

| | Nominative | Genitive | Accusative | Dative |
| 1sg | ku- | -nggu | -ka | -ngga |
| 2sg | mu- (u-) | -mu | -kau | -nggau |
| 3sg | na- | -na | -ya | -nya |
| 1pl.incl | ta- | -nda | -ta | -nda |
| 1pl.excl | ma- | -ma | -kama | -nggama |
| 2pl | mi- (i-) | -mi | -kami (-kai) | -nggami (-nggai) |
| 3pl | da- | -da | -ha | -nja |

## Kongo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

### Prefix

mi- (singular n'-, singular mu-)
* class 4 noun prefix
* class 4 subject concord

## Lakota
### Prefix

mi-
* my; first person singular possessive marker, used with some kinship terms and some words for body parts

#### Synonyms

* see mitȟá-

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

### Prefix

mi-
* Class 4 noun prefix.

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* (before e) my-

### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Prefix

mi- (singular m-)
* mi class$_{(IV)}$ noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class$_{(III)}$
    miti mirefu ― tall trees
    ‎mfano (“example”) → ‎mifano (“examples”)
    ‎muhindi (“maize plant”) → ‎mihindi (“maize plants”)
    ‎mwili (“body”) → ‎miili (“bodies”)

#### Usage notes

If an adjective starts with i, the two is are merged to one:
    ‎mi- + ‎-ingine (“other”) → ‎mingine
Before e, the form my- is used. This does not apply to nouns.

#### See also

* Appendix:Swahili noun classes

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate with Tehit m- (“first-person plural exclusive prefix”).

### Pronoun

mi- (Jawi مي-)
* first-person plural exclusive clitic, we
* first-person plural exclusive possessive pronoun, our
    Synonym: mia-
* (feminine) third-person singular possessive pronoun, her

#### See also

* unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
* m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
* 1 - for mixed-gender groups
* † - archaic

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tocharian B
### Verb

mi-
* to hurt, harm (grievously)

## Tsonga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

### Prefix

mi-
* Class 4 noun prefix.

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-mɪ̀-.

### Prefix

mi-
* Class 4 noun prefix.

## West Makian
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate mi- (“our”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi/

#### Pronoun

mi-
* first-person plural exclusive possessive prefix, our

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

mi-
* (animate) alternative form of ma- (“his, hers, that being's”) when preceded by a root-initial i

#### See also

* V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mi-]

### Prefix

mi-
* Allomorph of m- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

#### Inflection

| | pronoun | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | postposition object | postposition object | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument |
| | pronoun | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | postposition object | postposition object | transitive patient | intransitive patient-like | intransitive patient-like | intransitive agent-like | transitive agent |
| first person | ewü | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | w-, wi- | w-, wi- | w-, wi- |
| first person dual inclusive | küwü | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kii-, ki-$^1$ |
| second person | amödö | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | m-, mi- | m-, mi- |
| first person dual exclusive | nña | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | chö- | ∅- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- |
| third person | tüwü | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | chö- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- |
| distant past third person | tüwü | — | — | — | — | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- |
| coreferential/reflexive | — | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | — | — | — | — | — |
| reciprocal | — | — | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- |
| With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable. |||||||||||
| | series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient |
| first person > second person | mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- |
| first person dual exclusive > second person | mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- |
| second person > first person | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- |
| second person > first person dual exclusive | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- |
| third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person | see person X in the chart above |

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mɪ̀-.

### Prefix

mi-
* Class 4 simple noun prefix.