Log in or Sign up
  1. mimation love

Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. linguistics The addition of an -m suffix to the vocalic case markers (/a/, /i/ and /u/) in Semitic languages, especially Akkadian.

Etymologies

  1. From Arabic ميم (the Arabic letter corresponding to M) +‎ -ation, after nunation. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “I find it striking that seven somehow retained its mimation while 3 and 6 didn't.”

    A list of possible Proto-Semitic loanwords in PIE

  • “Phoenix: "I find it striking that seven somehow retained its mimation while 3 and 6 didn't.”

    A list of possible Proto-Semitic loanwords in PIE

  • “PIE *septm̥ is grammatically unanalysable in PIE and retains fossilization of Proto-Semitic morphology i.e. the root *sab`-, the feminine *-t- and mimation leading any rational person to the simplest conclusion that Semitic contacts in Pre-IE must have existed.”

    Enticed by a drunken thought

  • “The linguist will be interested in an observation by Skinner to the effect that "the endings -- an and -- on in this list point to a primitive nunation, as contrasted with sporadic cases of mimation in the Edomite names" (cf.”

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1

Lists

‘mimation’ hasn't been added to any lists yet.

Comments

No comments yet...

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

Tweets

Looking for tweets for mimation.

‘mimation’ has been looked up 234 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.