# am-
## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* ʋm (traditional)

### Prefix

am- (after another prefix -sam-, before consonants a̱-, class III first-person singular)
* the indirect object of an active transitive verb
    to me, for me
* the subject of an intransitive affective verb
    I
* the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
    me
* indicates possession of a noun
    my

#### Inflection

| | | | class I | class I | class I | class II | class II | class III | class III | class N | class N | imperative | imperative |
| | | | +s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V |
| first-person | singular | initial | -li | -li | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | ak- | n/a | n/a |
| first-person | singular | medial | -li | -li | -li | sa- | si- | -sa- | -sam- | ak- | ak- | n/a | n/a |
| first-person | paucal | paucal | ī- | ī- | il- | pi- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | n/a | n/a |
| first-person | plural | plural | ī- | ī- | il- | hapi- | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | kī- | kil- | n/a | n/a |
| second-person | singular | singular | is- | ish- | ish- | chi- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | chik- | ∅ | ∅ |
| second-person | plural | plural | has- | hash- | hash- | hachi- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | hachik- | ho- | oh- |
| third-person | third-person | third-person | ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- | ik- | | |

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* an- (when followed by a consonant which is not labial)

### Prefix

am-
* Subject prefix for verbs; it indicates that the subject is second-person plural; you, you all.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Probably from a (demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -m (pronoun-forming suffix). It cannot be attested as an independent term. A direct derivation from ám is less likely.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒm]

### Prefix

am-
* The first element of a few compound pronouns and adverbs. The compounds were formed by syntactic adhesion, the role of the prefix is ​​emphasis, juxtaposition.

#### Derived terms
### See also

* a. m.
* am
* ám
* a- (from az)
* akár-, bár-
* épp-
* más-
* mind(en)-
* se(m/n)-
* ugyan-
* vala-
* am-, em-, im-
* csak-
* el-
* még-
* oly-
* szint-
* úgy-

### References

* ↑ am- in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *am-, allophonic variant of *an- before *b and *ɸ.

### Pronunciation

With lenited m:
* IPA: [aβ̃]
With unlenited m:
* IPA: [am]

### Prefix

am-
* Alternative form of an- (“un-, not”)

#### Usage notes

The lenited form is used before r, l, and n as well as a few vowel-initial forms that started with *ɸ in Proto-Celtic. The unlenited form is used before b and p.

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 871, page 543

## Welsh
### Etymology

From am (“about”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /am/

### Prefix

am-
* around, circum-
    ‎am- + ‎llen (“sheet”) → ‎amlen (“envelope”)
    ‎am- + ‎ysgrifio (“to write, to inscribe”) → ‎amsgrifio (“to circumscribe”)
    ‎am- + ‎cau (“to close”) → ‎amgáu (“to enclose”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “am-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies