Dictionary:bi-: Difference between revisions
Besoh affix (operator-ratified grammar ruling) |
Proto-South-Andusian affix from Proto-Andusian ᵐbi- |
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# causative: the causee stands in the dative — ''avsobi humme bivus'' “makes the traveler take off the garment” (literally “to-the-traveler gives-the-taking of the garment”) | # causative: the causee stands in the dative — ''avsobi humme bivus'' “makes the traveler take off the garment” (literally “to-the-traveler gives-the-taking of the garment”) | ||
==Proto-South-Andusian== | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
From Proto-Andusian {{m|YCP-XX|ᵐbi-}}. | |||
===Prefix=== | |||
{{head|YCP-XB|prefix|head=bi-|gloss=causative}} | |||
# causative: to make or let someone do the base action | |||
Latest revision as of 09:31, 7 September 2026
Besoh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Andusian *ᵐbi-, through Proto-South-Andusian bi-; the same word as bi (“give”) and the dative postposition.
Prefix
bi-
- causative: the causee stands in the dative — avsobi humme bivus “makes the traveler take off the garment” (literally “to-the-traveler gives-the-taking of the garment”)
Proto-South-Andusian
Etymology
From Proto-Andusian *ᵐbi-.
Prefix
*bi-
- causative: to make or let someone do the base action