oy-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oy"

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

• ow-

Prefix

oy-

1. Red Lake form of od-

Usage notes

oy- may appear before stems that begin with aa.

See also

Ojibwe personal prefixes

		stem begins with...	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
consonants		p t k h ch m n s sh w y	ni-	gi-	o-
		d g ' j z zh	nin-
		b	nim-
vowels		o	nindo-	gido-	odo-
		a aa e i	nind-	gid-	od-
		oo	n-	g-
		ii			w-

Tooro

Prefix

oy-

1. Form used before a verb beginning with a vowel (that is not -a- or subjunctive -e-) of o-

   ‎oy- + ‎oma (“to get dry”) → ‎oyoma (“you get dry”)

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	oy-
Brazilian standard	oy-
New Tribes	oy-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oj-]

Prefix

oy-

1. (Caura River dialect) allomorph of ö- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel o or u

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers

pronoun noun possessor/ series II verb argument postposition object series I verb argument transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1 w-, wi- first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-1 second person amödö ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- m-, mi- first person dual exclusive nña y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 chö- ∅- n-, ni- third person tüwü n-, ni- distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- — reciprocal — — öö- With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable. series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient 1st person > 2nd person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- 1st person dual exclusive > 2nd person 2nd person > 1st person k-, kü-, ku-, ki- 2nd person > 1st person dual exclusive 3rd person > any person X …or… any person X > 3rd person see person X in the chart above