-me-

English

Infix

-me-

1. (pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mel-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

Derived terms

• ecromeximab

Anagrams

• 'em, EM, Em, em, em-

Swahili

Etymology

From the same root as -maliza (“to finish”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Infix

-me-

1. (in active verbs) perfect aspect marker

   wamekwenda zao ― they have left

   nilikuwa nimekisoma ― I had read it

2. (in stative verbs) stative aspect marker

   wemelala ― they are asleep

   umechelewa ― you are late

Conjugation

Conjugation of -me-

		Singular	Plural
1st person		nime-	tume-
2nd person		ume-	mme-
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	ame-	wame-
	m-mi(III/IV)	ume-	ime-
	ji-ma(V/VI)	lime-	yame-
	ki-vi(VII/VIII)	kime-	vime-
	n(IX/X)	ime-	zime-
	u(XI)	ume-	see n(X) or ma(VI)
	ku(XV/XVII)	kume-
	pa(XVI)	pame-
	mu(XVIII)	mme-
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.

See also

Swahili TAM markers
Initial
Positive infinitive	ku-/kw-1
Negative infinitive	kuto-
Habitual	hu-1
Telegrammic	ka-1
Final
General (positive indicative)	-a
Positive subjunctive	-e
Negative present	-i
Second person plural	-ni
Infix position positive subject concord
Positive past	-li-
Positive present	-na-
Positive future	-ta-
Negative subjunctive	-si-1
Positive present conditional	-nge-
Negative present conditional	-singe-
Positive past conditional	-ngali-
Negative past conditional	-singali-
Gnomic	-a-1
Perfect	-me-
"Already" past	-lisha-
"Already" present	-mesha-/-sha-
"If/When"	-ki-1
"If not"	-sipo-
Consecutive	-ka-1
Infix position negative subject concord
Negative past	-ku-1
Negative future	-ta-
"Not yet"	-ja-1
Negative present conditional	-nge-
Negative past conditional	-ngali-
Relative
Past	-li-
Present	-na-
Future	-taka-
Negative	-si-
1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.