i- -ana
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Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].
Circumfix[edit]
- Goal-focus or relative-voice formant, which creates verbs of instrument or goal (i.e., time, place, mode, or cause).
Usage notes[edit]
- 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: