ri-

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ri-. Possibly reinforced by the unrelated ri (young, new)

Prefix

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ri-

  1. denotes repetition. re-, again

Derived terms

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Ido

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Etymology

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From Italian ri-, English re-. Was originally re-, but was changed to ri- due to the confusion with words that naturally start with re.

Prefix

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ri-

  1. Prefix used with verbal roots to mean repetition; re-, again

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin re-. The prefix ri- is inherited from Latin, while the variant re- is borrowed from Latin.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri/
  • Hyphenation: ri-

Prefix

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ri-

  1. re-, again
    Synonym: re-

Usage notes

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  • The prefix ri- is replaced by re- before words beginning with i, for euphonic reasons (except for some words beginning with im- or in- plus a consonant, in which case the two i's coalesce into one).

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia

Anagrams

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Marshallese

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Alternative forms

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  • (unhyphenated) ru-
  • (unhyphenated) rū-

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [rˠi‿ʲ, rˠɯ‿ʲ, rˠɯ‿ˠ, rˠɯ‿ʷ, rˠu‿ʷ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /rˠi-/
  • Bender phonemes: {ri-}

Derived terms

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Prefix

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ri-

  1. person from
  2. person who
  3. proclitic that forms person nouns

Usage notes

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This prefix is not a complete word on its own, but a clitic with the i symbolically representing only the vowel's height. When written with a hyphen, the vowel assumes a short diphthong pronunciation that transitions towards the secondary articulation of the first consonant phoneme of the attached word. This prefix spelling is only used without a hyphen when attached to a word whose first consonant phoneme is palatalized.

References

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Mohawk

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Prefix

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ri-

  1. pronominal prefix for a first person singular agent and a third person singular masculine patient
    I ____ him

Alternative forms

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- Initial consonant
Environment t/s/h/k n/r/w/’ a e/en o/on i y
Word-Initial ri- ri- rii- rii- rii- r- ri-

References

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  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 11
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 383

Ternate

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Pronoun

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ri- (Jawi ر-)

  1. first-person singular possessive prefix, my

See also

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References

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  • 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