-tem

-tem

1. (Chungli) optional noun plural suffix

   ‎nisung (“person”) + ‎-tem → ‎nisungtem (“people”)

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1975), Ao Grammar, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, pages 29-30
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 8

From -t (past-tense suffix) +‎ -em (first-person singular suffix).

• IPA^(key): [tɛm]

-tem

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite and definite conjugation).

   ‎nevet (“to laugh”) + ‎-tem → ‎nevettem (“I laughed”)

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tam is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tem is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttam is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -ttem is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)

  -ottam is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettem is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttem is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes