Ad. -mâ prep. “with” (Category: Preposition)

Ad. -mâ prep. “with” (Category: Preposition)

A prepositional suffix translated “with” (SD/247, 429).

Conceptual Development: At an earlier conceptual stage, it was the grammatical inflection -ma used for the draft-instrumental (SD/438).

References ✧ SD/247, 429

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Ad. -ma suf. “instrumental (draft)” (Category: Noun Inflection)

The suffix used for the draft-instrumental case, translated “with” (SD/438). In a later conceptual stage, it became the ordinary prepositional suffix -mâ. Carl Hostetter and Partick Wynne suggested (VSH/33, AAD/19) that the deleted form -men on SD/311 is a separate prepositional suffix “on” related to ᴹQ. men “place”, but I believe it is a variant of the plural instrumental form -main.

References ✧ SD/311, 438

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Inflections

-main plural “with” ✧ SD/438
-men plural   ✧ SD/311