b-

See also: B− and Appendix:Variations of "b"

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• u-

Etymology

Compare Navajo bi-, Western Apache bi-.

Prefix

b-

1. marks a third person possessor; his/her/their

   ‎b- + ‎-taʼ (“father”) → ‎utaʼ (“his/her/their father”)

   ‎b- + ‎-adae (“older sister”) → ‎badae (“his/her/their older sister(s)”)

2. marks a third person object of a postposition

   ‎b- + ‎-e (“against”) → ‎be (“against him/her/them”)

   ‎b- + ‎-kʼe (“on”) → ‎ukʼe (“on him/her/them”)

Usage notes

• Takes the form u- before a consonant

See also

Ahtna possessive/prepositional object prefixes

	singular	plural
1st person	s-	ne-
2nd person	ne-	nhw-
3rd person	b-, y-	ku-, hw-
Reflexive	de-	hde-
Indefinite	cʼe-
Areal (postpositional only)	ko-
Reciprocal	nił-

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 35

Middle English

Prefix

b-

1. (in certain words) alternative form of bi-

Old Irish

Prefix

b- (class A infixed pronoun)

1. you (plural object pronoun)

   ‎no- + ·tá (“there is”) + ‎b- → ‎nob·tá (“there is to you, i.e. you have”)

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with b-

níbnoíbfea

níbscara

nobcarad

nobtá

ropia

See also

Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used. Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.
person	infixed			suffixed
	class A	class B	class C
1 sg	m-L	dom-L, dam-L		-um
2 sg	t-L	dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L		-ut
3 sg m	a-N, e-N	d-N	id-N, did-N, d-N	-i, -it
3 sg f	s-(N)	da-		-us
3 sg n	a-L, e-L	d-L	id-L, did-L, d-L	-i, -it
1 pl	n-	don-, dun-, dan-		-unn
2 pl	b-	dob-, dub-, dab-		-uib
3 pl	s-(N)	da-		-us

^L means this form triggers lenition.
^N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
^(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.