"-m" meaning in Quechua

See -m in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|qu|suffix}} -m
  1. Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (after consonants): -mi
    Sense id: en--m-qu-suffix-U9QV0Gus Categories (other): Quechua entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Quechua entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'after consonants': 75 25
  2. Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--m-qu-suffix-LdYY5aoh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -n Related terms: -s, -si

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -m meaning in Quechua (1.3kB)

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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Quechua",
  "lang_code": "qu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-s"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-si"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I speak Quechua. I am from Cusco.",
          "text": "Ñuqa runasimitam rimani. Qusqumantam kani."
        },
        {
          "english": "Dogs eat raw meat.",
          "text": "Allqukunaqa chawa aychatam mikhunku."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "sense": "after consonants",
          "word": "-mi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where are you from?",
          "text": "Maymantam kanki?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq"
      ],
      "id": "en--m-qu-suffix-LdYY5aoh",
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          "open-ended",
          "open-ended#English"
        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ],
        [
          "informal",
          "informal#English"
        ],
        [
          "-taq",
          "-taq#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-m"
}
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    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
    "Quechua lemmas",
    "Quechua suffixes"
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    },
    {
      "word": "-si"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I speak Quechua. I am from Cusco.",
          "text": "Ñuqa runasimitam rimani. Qusqumantam kani."
        },
        {
          "english": "Dogs eat raw meat.",
          "text": "Allqukunaqa chawa aychatam mikhunku."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where are you from?",
          "text": "Maymantam kanki?"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq"
      ],
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        [
          "question",
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        ],
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          "-taq",
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "after consonants",
      "word": "-mi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-m"
}

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