-mi

-mi (Buginese form ᨆᨗ)

1. only

   tellumi panésaï

   there are only three things that determine it

-mi

1. enclitic form of mi; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative or dative forms when the object is first singular person

   dare (“to give”) → darmi (“to give myself; to give me; to give for me”)

   vendere (“to sell”) → vendermi (“to sell myself; to sell me; to sell to me”)

   servire (“to serve”) → servirmi (“to serve myself; to serve me; to serve to me”)

The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :

-are → -armi

-ere → -ermi

-ire → -irmi

Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:

introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurmi (“to introduce myself; to introduce me; to insert in me”)

In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -mi.

• (after vowels) -m

-mi

1. Evidential suffix, first-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has direct evidence/knowledge of some fact, having experienced it, seen it, heard it, etc.

   Paykunawanmi kachkani.

   I am with them.

   Kuchinillaqa chiwanway ukhuyuqmi.

   The cochineal insect is deep red on the inside.

2. Used to mark an open-ended question; more informal than -taq

   Piwanmi richkanki?

   Who are you going with?

• -s/-si

-mi

1. non-past marker, applied to verbs of class 1 to indicate non-past tense

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)