∅-
Translingual
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- (linguistic morphology) Representation of the zero prefix.
See also
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editPrefix
edit∅-
- A zero prefix that is the third person singular, and second person singular, dual and plural agent marker.
- пыӈлулатки (Ø-пӈылулатки)
- we asked him
- туткынин туюн (Ø-туткынин туюн)
- she is eating the food
See also
editReferences
editVerbal affix: Grammatical sketches from the field with Yukari Nagayama
Navajo
editPrefix
edit∅-
- the ∅- classifier (valence-change prefix), which is the absence of a prefix and usually marks an active verb as intransitive
- yibéézh ― it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)
- yiłbéézh ― he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)
- naʼniyęęsh ― something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)
- naʼniłhęęsh ― he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)
- siʼą́ ― a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)
- séłʼą́ ― I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)