-rai

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe/
  • Hyphenation: -rai

Suffix

-rai

  1. first-person singular future of -re

Japanese

Romanization

-rai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らい

Mokilese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-rai/
  • Hyphenation: -rai

Suffix

-rai

  1. suffix indicating a third person plural possessor
    jamah (one's father) + ‎-rai → ‎jamamwa (their (plural) father)

See also

Mokilese possessive suffixes
singular
possessor
first person -i, -ioa
second person -mw, -mwen
third person -a, -n, -∅
dual
possessors
first person inclusive -sa
first person exclusive -ma
second person -mwa
third person -ra
plural
possessors
first person inclusive -sai
first person exclusive -mai
second person -mwai
third person -rai
remote plural
possessors
first person inclusive -hs
first person exclusive -mi
second person -mwi
third person -hr
construct form -n

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto -rai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-ɾai̯]

Classifier

-rai

  1. Classifier for bush-like objects.

Derived terms

Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -rai

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 196