mo-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• mu-

Etymology

Standardized form of mu-, from Proto-Austronesian *mu- (movement prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/ [mo]

Prefix

mo- (inchoative ming-, mi-, ni-, contemplative mo-)

1. actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form
   1. non-durative action, an action done without reference to duration; see Perfective aspect

      Coordinate term: mag- — durative agent trigger

      Mokaon ko.

      I eat. (I is focused.)

   2. volitional action

      Wala siya mosulti

      He wouldn't say/refused to say

2. contemplative aspect of mo-

   Mokaon ko.

   I will eat.

Derived terms

Cebuano terms prefixed with mo-

Related terms

• mag-
• -um-

 

See also

• -an
• -on
• paga- -an
• paga- -on

 

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*mu-”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/

Prefix

mo-

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Etymology 1

1. (personal prefix, possessive) Used to form the second-person singular possessive of nouns: your. Can combine with relational words to form relational adverbs.

   nāntzintli (“mother”) → monāntzin (“your mother”)

   calli (“house”) → mocal (“your house”)

   -tlōc (“beside”) → motlōc (“beside you”)

See also

Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes

	Singular	Plural
1st person	no-	to-
2nd person	mo-	amo-
3rd person	ī-	īm-
impersonal	tē-

Derived terms

Category Classical Nahuatl nouns prefixed with mo- not found

Etymology 2

1. (personal prefix, reflexive) Used to form the second and third person reflexive of transitive verbs: yourself, himself, theirselves. May also indicate reciprocity among the plural person: you/they ____ each other. For certain verbs, this imparts an intransitive sense rather than a strictly reflexive one.

   titītza (“to stretch something”) → timotitītza (“You stretch (yourself)”)

   itta (“to see something”) → motta (“He see himself, she sees herself”)

   -h (“(plural)”) → mottah (“They see themselves, They look at each other”)

   tolīnia (“to bother someone, to make suffer”) → ammotolīniah (“You (plrl.) suffer, You are bothered”)

2. (personal prefix, passive voice) Used to form the passive construct for inanimate nouns.

   titītza (“to stretch something”) → motitītza (“It is stretched”)

   itta (“to see something”) → motta (“It is seen, it is visible”)

   pāca (“to wash something”) → mopāca (“It is washed”)

Usage notes

As with the other reflexive prefixes and tla-, this prefixes causes deletion of initial i in verbs such as itta or ilpia, with the exception of verbs beginning with ih- such as ihquiti.

See also

• Category:Classical Nahuatl terms prefixed with mo-
• Category:Classical Nahuatl noun forms
• Appendix:Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes

Guaraní

Alternative forms

• mbo- (for oral words)

Prefix

mo-

1. Used to form causative of verbs.

   mopu'ã

   to raise, to cause to rise

Usage notes

This prefix is used when the following verb is nasal (as opposed to oral). If this verb were oral, the suffix mbo- would be used instead.

Northern Sotho

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 1 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 3 noun prefix.

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mbo-

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-, from Proto-Tupian *mo-.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mbo-.

Prefix

mo-

1. forms causative verbs from intransitive verbs

   Coordinate term: (with transitive verbs) ukar

2. forms factitive verbs from nouns and adjectives
   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 48v:

     aimoabarê Pedro […]

     [aîmoabaré Pedro […] ]

     I make Pedro a priest.

Derived terms

Old Tupi terms prefixed with mo-

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mu-

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mo-”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 281, column 2

Sotho

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 1 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 3 noun prefix.

Southern Pomo

Prefix

mo-

1. Alternative form of mu-

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tehit m- (“third-person singular feminine prefix”).

Pronoun

mo- (Jawi مو-)

1. (feminine) third-person singular clitic, she

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tswana

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 1 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-.

Prefix

mo-

1. Class 3 noun prefix.