ai-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Ternate

Pronoun

ai-

1. (masculine, dialectal) third-person singular possessive prefix, his

   Synonym: i-

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

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

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tocharian B

Etymology

Cognate with Tocharian A e-, from Proto-Tocharian *āi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to give”).

Verb

ai-

1. to give
2. to pay out (money)
3. (middle voice) to take

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ai-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 106–107

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• àrì- (Ekiti)

Prefix

àì-

1. negative nominalizing prefix; non- (added to verbs)

   àìkú (“the act or state of not dying”)

   àìbìkítà (“act or state of not caring or carrying; indifference”)

   àìlásìkò (“the act of not having time; timelessness”)

   àìláya (“the act or state of not having a wife; bachelorhood”)

   àìlè (“not being able; the act of not being able to do something”)

   àìnítẹ̀ẹ́lọ́rùn (“the act of not having satisfaction; dissatisfaction”)

   àìsàn (“the state of not being healthy; sickness”)

Derived terms

Yoruba terms prefixed with ai-