ämi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ami"

Chuukese

Determiner

ämi

1. second-person plural general possessive; your (plural)

Related terms

Chuukese possessive determiners

		Small objects, concepts	Large objects, living things	Suffix
Singular	First person	ai	nei	-ei
	Second person	omw, om	noum	-om
	Third person	an	noun	-an
Plural	First person	äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive)	nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive)	-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive)
	Second person	ämi, ami	noumi	-emi
	Third person	ar	nour	-er

Khumi Chin

Alternative forms

• (Khimi Chin) ämih

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *myikw. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔə.mi˧/

Noun

ämi

1. eye

Derived terms

• mimui

 

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 44