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 *mjək. 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, Payap University, page 44