i--ana

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  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Circumfix
    • 1.2.1 Usage notes
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    • 1.2.3 See also

Malagasy

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian.

Circumfix

i--ana

1. Goal-focus or relative-voice formant, which creates verbs of instrument or goal (i.e., time, place, mode, or cause).

Usage notes

• This circumfix is directly related to the mi- prefix, and focuses the subject of a Malagasy sentence on instrument or goal rather than on agent:

  (agent/active) HTML5 ny teninao taminy aho

  I spoke your words to them

  (goal/relative) Nilazako Sevenval teninao izy

  I spoke your words to them.

Related terms

• mi-

See also

• an--ana