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Verb prefix in Caucasian languages
Although not used in general linguistic theory, the term preverb is used in Caucasian (including all three families: Northwest Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian
Preverb
below). Preverb. Although preverbs may have directional meanings, it is often diachronic patterns that indicate which verb takes which preverb. In addition
Georgian_conjugation
Dormant Northwest Caucasian language
this indicates either the subject of a transitive sentence, targets of preverbs, or indirect objects which do not take any other suffixes (/mɨzɨn/ '(to)
Ubykh_language
Northwest Caucasian language of Abkhazia
alphabet for the details). DETR:detrimental BENF:benefactive PREV:preverb SPREV:stem preverb EXT:extension MSD:masdar RECI:reciprocal Abkhaz morphology features
Abkhaz_language
Algonquian language spoken in North America
1 preverb but the following mood as both a position 1 and position 2 preverb. Aspect 1 and the Aktionsart are also classified as position 2 preverbs. The
Plains_Cree_language
Algonquian dialects of Quebec, Canada
Cree tense is marked on the preverbs attached to the pronoun. There is an indicative of past and future tense on the preverb such as, che, chii, kata, chika
East_Cree
Grammar of the Georgian language
"I am coming". Preverbs appear in the future, past and perfective screeves; they are generally absent in the present screeves. Preverbs indicating direction
Georgian_grammar
oblique argument slot, a preverb can only be added to a verb that does not already have one. This constraint makes preverb attachment a strictly valency-increasing
Circassian_verb_transitivity
Grammar of the Ojibwe language
of affixes known as "preverbs", which convey a great amount of additional information about an action. For example, the preverb izhi- means "in such a
Ojibwe_grammar
Jewish language variety from Iran
verb våt ('to say') is kem-u våt ('he will say'). Judeo-Kashani also has preverbs, which are der-/dar-/da:-, vå-/va-, and ver-. Their function is to semantically
Judeo-Kashani
Aboriginal Australian language
'scurry into hiding'. The preverb wuruly- is used with a few other verb roots to form other verbs of hiding or seclusion. Preverbs are sometimes reduplicated
Warlpiri_language
Brined string cheese
and gachechili ("shredded") when combined with a preverb, while chechili is the form without a preverb and belongs to the oldest layer of Georgian agricultural
Chechil
Ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia, mainly Indian subcontinent
these elements fluctuate and are unclear. For example, in the Rigveda preverbs regularly occur in tmesis, states Jamison, which means they are "separated
Sanskrit
Grammatical construct resembling a verb
languages such as Yoruba. § Examples are given below. The term coverb (like preverb) is also sometimes used to denote the first element in a compound verb
Coverb
Official language of the country of Georgia
'breakfast', the verb ts’asauzmeba 'eating a little breakfast' is derived; the preverb ts’a- in Georgian adds the meaning 'a little'. From the noun -sakhli- 'home'
Georgian_language
Category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause
classifiers Adpositions (prepositions, postpositions, and circumpositions) Preverbs Pronouns Cardinal numerals Particles Within a given category, subgroups
Part_of_speech
Indo-Iranian language
characteristics such as continuous present which is formed by the past stem, a preverb shift, and the use of connective sounds. The dialect is in danger of extinction
Kho'ini_dialect
Dialect of Adyghe
" However, in standart Adyghe, when this preverb meets a personal marker, the vowel component of the preverb къы- drops out (elision) in rapid speech
Hatuqay_dialect
Grammatical component
semantically-rich preverb and the inflected matrix verb. See the following example in which the subject ngaya appears between the preverb ambaya 'speak'
Light_verb
Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Pronoun
Historic punctuation mark (⹀)
the Fiero Roman orthography, as a hyphen is used to separate compound preverb units regardless of their line position, while a double hyphen is used
Double_hyphen
Plains Algonquian language of North America
i’i-bebiisitii-t IC.INSTR(PREVERB)-fix(AI)-3S kohyóhoé. kohuyohoen-i glue-SG hení’bebíistiit kohyóhoé. i’i-bebiisitii-t kohuyohoen-i IC.INSTR(PREVERB)-fix(AI)-3S glue-SG
Arapaho_language
Grammar of Munsee
' Preverbs are modifiers that occur before verbs. Preverbs reflect a wide variety of meanings. By convention, a hyphen is written between a preverb and
Munsee_grammar
Linguistic concept
Multiple clitics could be stacked up, and split a preverb from its rest of the verb if the preverb comes at the beginning of the clause, e.g. diz-uh-þan-sat
Clitic
Algonquian language spoken in the United States
Leman (2011) describes "preverbs", morphemes which add adjectival or adverbial information to the verb stem. Multiple preverbs can be combined within one
Cheyenne_language
Vernacular Arabic spoken in Morocco
less used. In some regions like in the east (Oujda), most speakers use no preverb (ne-kteb, te-kteb, y-kteb, etc.). To form the future tense, the prefix
Moroccan_Arabic
Southwestern Iranian language
directional adverbs commonly co-occurring with verbs, see the section of preverbs. Synthetic forms survive only in the present tense, although it does continue
Middle_Persian
Celtic language
questions, negative questions and negatives. Only a restricted set of preverb particles may occur before the verb. Gaelic nouns inflect for four cases
Scottish_Gaelic
Extinct indigenous language of Mississippi and Louisiana
(deontative). The pluperfect prefix requires the preverb -ka-. The "deontative" affix requires the use of the preverb yaː- and the present tense form of the verb
Natchez_language
Extinct Algic language of California
walùy is the verbal phrase: ko is the negative preverb, from position class IV, and to is an articular preverb, while walùy is the verb "see" inflected for
Wiyot_language
Minimalist language by Sonja Lang
classes of content words that can act as preverbs and prepositions in specific parts of a sentence. Preverbs are catenative and are inserted between li
Toki_Pona
Part of speech that conveys an action
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Verb
American artist and poet (born 1942)
preverbs extends this principle (axial/liminal/configurative) in discrete acts of language called preverbs. He wrote in the second vol.: "A preverb,
George_Quasha
Grammar of the Old Irish language
sentence-initial with no preverbs, while the dependent conjugation occurs when the verb is preceded by one or more preverbs. The formation of the independent
Old_Irish_grammar
Grammatical use indicating possession
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Possessive
Ancestor of the Germanic languages
preverb attached to it, modifying its meaning (cf. e.g. *fra-werþaną 'to perish', derived from *werþaną 'to become'). In Proto-Germanic, the preverb was
Proto-Germanic_language
Australian Aboriginal language
of verbs, as compared to most languages, and thus utilizes a system of 'preverbs' and complex verbs to compensate. Djaru also has an avoidance language
Djaru_language
Language comparison
northern Scotland. West Munster also lenites the ⟨t⟩, but only after the preverb a "that" e.g. an fear a thá ina sheasamh ag an doras "the man that's standing
Comparison of Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic
Comparison_of_Irish,_Manx,_and_Scottish_Gaelic
Theory in historical linguistics
"whither?", eō "to that place"; and perhaps even the Indic preposition/preverb â "to(ward)" which has no satisfactory competing etymology. (These forms
Laryngeal_theory
Chibchan language of Nicaragua
Rama has preverbs which form constructions comparable to English phrasal verbs such as "run away", "come over", "carry on" etc. The Rama preverbs resemble
Rama_language
Liberation from repeated rebirth in saṃsāra
"blow" in the form of past participle vāna "blown", prefixed with the preverb nis meaning "out". Hence the original meaning of the word is "blown out
Nirvana
Ugric language spoken in Siberia
declarative sentences, apart from complex predicates, whose verb may precede the preverb. Prohibitive sentences include a prohibitive particle. The passive voice
Khanty_languages
Algonquian language of Canada
Woods Cree the preverbs na- and nika- are used. The preverb ka- can be used in both the independent and conjunct orders. The preverb na- can be seen
Woods_Cree
Dialect of Arabic spoken in Palestine
Palestinian, like Egyptian, typically suffixes ش [ʃ] on top of using the preverb negation /ma/, e.g. 'I don't write' is مابكتبش [ma bak'tʊbʃ] in Palestinian
Palestinian_Arabic
Type of verb, such as "might", that is used to indicate modality
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Modal_verb
Algonquian language spoken in North America
appropriately inflected according to the standard template: preverb – root – medial – final Preverbs are prefixes which encode adverbs, most pronouns, locatives
Blackfoot_language
Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Adjective
Ancient Indo-European language of the Hittite Empire
chain headed by the conjunction a-, the quotative clitic -wa, and the preverb sarra adding directionality to the main verb awiha.
Luwian_language
Group of Celtic languages spoken outside of Iberia
repurposing of *to, originally a connecting particle, into a preverb *to-; such a preverb appears in Cisalpine Gaulish and Insular Celtic. The rise of
Nuclear_Celtic_languages
Northwestern Iranian language
characteristics such as continuous present which is formed by the past stem, a preverb shift, and the use of connective sounds. The dialect is in danger of extinction
Tati_language_(Iran)
Oldest widely attested Gaelic language
(perfective marker). Direct object personal pronouns occur between the preverb and the verbal stem. Verbs agree with their subject in person and number
Old_Irish
Language belonging to the Lezgic group of the Northeast Caucasian language family
paradigm, /ˤa/ is a preverb which must appear with the verb root /q/ 'keep', and the agreement morphology appears between the preverb and the root. Due
Budukh_language
Grammatical distinction in pronouns and agreement
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Clusivity
Extinct Sino-Tibetan language
or in clause chaining. The past stem is always prefixed by a perfective preverb, except for "to come", and post-verbal occurrences of "to go", which may
Tangut_language
Extinct East Germanic language
wileiþ 'you (pl.) want'. If the first word has a preverb attached, the clitic actually splits the preverb from the verb: ga-u-láubjats 'do you both believe
Gothic_language
Native American language of Mexico
some of which still are, in limited situations) are actually relational preverbs; they must occur in a position immediately before the verbal complex and
Seri_language
Sentence that resists simple formalization
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Donkey_sentence
Pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical person
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Personal_pronoun
Grammar of the Ubykh language
Relational preverb Incorporated noun or Oblique-2 marker Local preverb /ʁɜ/- or /ɐ/- Generic preverb /lɜ/ Orientational preverb /jɨ/- Ergative preverb marker
Ubykh_grammar
Grammatical form
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Infinitive
Iranian language spoken by Iranian Jews
all cases: the oblique. Judeo-Hamadani commonly uses preverbs he-, vā and vor-. Often, preverbs cause no semantic change in the verb root. However, in
Judeo-Hamedani–Borujerdi
Georgian grammar system
example, the aorist screeve for most verbal forms consists at least of a preverb (და- da- 'PFV'), a root (წერ ts’er 'write'), and a screeve ending (-ე -e
Screeve
Extinct Native American language
The verb 'have, possess' in Wichita is /uR ... ʔi/, a combination of the preverb 'possessive' and the root 'be'. Possession of a noun can be expressed by
Wichita_language
Anaphoric pronoun
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Reflexive_pronoun
Language family
is mostly conveyed by postpositions, but it can be also partly based on preverbs. Noun phrases exhibit incomplete class agreement, group inflection[clarification
Northeast_Caucasian_languages
Part of speech
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Attributive_verb
Type of determiner that indicates quantity
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Quantifier_(linguistics)
Central Algonquian language
optional. Potawatomi has six parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, prenoun, preverb, and particle. There are two main types of pronoun: personal pronouns and
Potawatomi_language
Word used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Article_(grammar)
Type of noun referring to collections as a unit
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Collective_noun
Verb with incomplete conjugation
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Defective_verb
Western Iranian language
Sprogvidenskap. p. 37–53. Moshkalo, V. V. 1988. Reflections of the Old Iranian Preverbs on the Baluchi Verbs. Naples: Newsletter of Baluchistan Studies. No. 5:
Balochi_language
Sounds used in an Iranian language
throw” hat- [hɑːt] → hatin [hɑː.'tɨn] “to come” Verbal prefixes, both preverbs (ve-, wer-, ra-, hil-) and modal prefixes (bi-, di-) and their negatives
Kurmanji_phonology
Endangered Australian Aboriginal language
affixation. There are four major word classes in Bardi: nominals, verb roots, preverbs, and particles. These classes are defined according to their abilities
Bardi_language
Aboriginal language continuum
that it prefixes, especially particles that precede verbs ("preverbs" or "indeclinable preverbs") or nouns ("prenouns" or "indeclinable prenouns"). One example
Cree_language
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Latin_interjections
Adjective that occurs immediately after the noun or pronoun that it complements
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Postpositive_adjective
Concept in English grammar
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
English_phrasal_verbs
Stressed form of a personal pronoun
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Disjunctive_pronoun
Words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Interrogative_word
Grammar of the English language
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
English_grammar
Variety of the Western Desert language
The usual formula for constructing a verb is verbal word = (direction) (preverb) verbal root (derivation) (derivation) inflection (directional affixes)
Wangkajunga_dialect
between a preverb and an immediately following verb, as in Sentence 1: ngii-noondwaaba 'I heard it,' with past tense preverb gii-; or a preverb followed
Ottawa oral literature and texts
Ottawa_oral_literature_and_texts
Na-Dene language of southern Alaska
Position Description Example morpheme(s) +8 preverbs g̱unayéi, 'beginning' +7 number prefixes has, plural +6 objects yee- 'you guys' incorporated alienable
Tlingit_language
Classification of verbs by regularity of inflection
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Regular_and_irregular_verbs
Ancient Indo-European language
"from/in Halicarnassus(?)"), perhaps originally a clitic derived from the preverb δ "in, into" < PIE *endo. Of the demonstrative pronouns s(a)- and a-, 'this'
Carian_language
Word or expression used to express an emotion or sentiment
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Interjection
Berber language of northern Algeria
Far-eastern West East Aokas Verb-framing with n ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ Possessive pronouns (ex: 3rd m) -nnes -is, -ines -is, -ines -is Aorist preverb ad ad ad ad ad di
Kabyle_language
Central Algonquian language of North America
information. Word classes include nouns, verbs, grammatical particles, pronouns, preverbs, and prenouns. Preferred word orders in a simple transitive sentence are
Ojibwe_language
Ojibwe dialect of Canada
particle 'how'. Ninoonde- seems to be outstripping niwii- as the voluntative preverb within the Saulteaux communities, especially speakers surveyed west of
Western_Ojibwa_language
Verb adding grammatical meaning rather than content meaning
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Auxiliary_verb
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Captative_verb
Grammatical construct combining past tense with continuing aspect
past tenses, imperfect is conjugated regularly for all verbs. Formation: [preverb] + mi- + past stem + past ending. Conjugation of the imperfect indicative
Imperfect
Concept in linguistics
underived construction, the light verb -ma- 'put' is used with a coverb (or preverb) boonda 'close'. In the anticausative construction, the light verb reduces
Anticausative_verb
a directional preverb. The suffix ~и designates motion in an upward direction, or against a flow. It typically combines with the preverb дэ~. кӏуэн: to
Kabardian_verbs
plural on ахэм. Verbs with spatial preverbs (пэ-, хэ-, те-) keep the 3SG/3PL distinction the standard verbs lose: the preverb sits between the object prefix
Verb conjugations in Circassian
Verb_conjugations_in_Circassian
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns
Gender_neutrality_in_languages_with_gendered_third-person_pronouns
Words supplying mainly grammatical information, rather than content information
Complementizer Conjunction Copula Coverb Interjection Ideophone Onomatopoeia Preverb Procedure word Pro-form Pro-verb / Pro-sentence Prop-word Syntax–semantics
Function_word
Modern South Arabian language of southwest Oman
reflexive (with infixed -t-), and causative-reflexive. In future verbs, a preverb ha-/h- precedes the subjunctive.[citation needed] The numbers 1 and 2 act
Shehri_language
Australian Aboriginal language
adding a tense suffix (although some verbs are formed by compounding a preverb). As are many of the surviving Indigenous Australian languages, the Warumungu
Warumungu_language
PREVERB
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Male
English
English form of French Henri, HENRY means "home-ruler."
Boy/Male
Indian
Male
Turkish
Turkish form of Persian Gulbahar, GÜLBAHAR means "spring rose."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Civilized, Urbane, Polished
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam
Calm
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
British, English
From Hal's Island
Boy/Male
Hindu
Liquid
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Name of a poetess
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sky
PREVERB
PREVERB
PREVERB
PREVERB
PREVERB