ve-

ve-

1. alternative form of v-

• Used in front of double consonant.

• v-/ve- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Compare Ahtna b-, Navajo bi-.

• IPA^(key): /və/

ve-

1. Marks a third person singular verbal object; him/her/it

   veyizteł ― it kicked him/her one time

   veghiʼan ― it saw him/her

2. Marks a third person singular object of a postposition

   veł ― with him/her

• This prefix is used exclusively with causative verbs and transitive verbs that have the prefix ye- (non-human agent) as their subject.

• Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978), Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, pages 74-5

• vae-

There is some disagreement on origin of this prefix:

• From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“out, away”). Compare Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (áva), Old Irish úa (“from, of”).^[1]
• From Proto-Italic *s(w)ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), whence also Latin sē- (“separately; without”), sē (“oneself”), sed (“but”).^[2]
• By reanalysis of the contracted form of vehemēns (“very eager, furious”), vēmēns, as vē- and mēns (“mind”).^[2]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː]

vē-

1. Used to indicate a fault of excess or deficiency, too much, too little

• (perhaps) vescor, vescus
• (perhaps) vestīgium