Malay

Alternative forms

• meng-
• me-
• mem-
• men-
• meny-
• menge-
• م-
• مم-
• من-
• مڽ-

Prefix

مڠ- ‎(Rumi spelling meng- or menge-)

1. agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order.
   • مڠاتور ‎(“to arrange; arranges; arranging”)
   • ممباچ ‎(“to read; reads; reading”)
   • منچابوت ‎(“to remove; removes; removing”)
   • مندرما ‎(“to donate; donates; donating”)
   • مڠيلق ‎(“to avoid; avoids; avoiding”)
   • ممهمي ‎(“to understand; understands; understanding”)
   • ممفتنه ‎(“to lie; lies; lying (about someone)”)
   • مڠݢالي ‎(“to dig; digs; digging”)
   • مڠهانتر ‎(“to deliver; delivers; delivering”)
   • مڠيکت ‎(“to tie; ties; tying”)
   • منجولوق ‎(“to poke; pokes; poking”)
   • مڠيرا ‎(“to count; counts; counting”)
   • ملامر ‎(“to propose; proposes; proposing”)
   • مماکن ‎(“to eat; eats; eating”)
   • مڽاڽي ‎(“to sing; sings; singing”)
   • مڠوله ‎(“to edit; edits; editing”)
   • مموکول ‎(“to hit; hits; hitting”)
   • مراوت ‎(“to treat; treats; treating”)
   • مڽاڤو ‎(“to sweep; sweep; sweeping”)
   • منمبه ‎(“to add; adds; adding”)
   • مڠوروس ‎(“to manage; manages; managing”)
   • مڠبوم ‎(“to bomb; bombs; bombing”)

Usage notes

• (before ل, م, ن, ڠ, ڽ, ر, و and ي) مڠ- will be written as م-.
• (before ب and ف) مڠ- will be written as مم-.
• (before ڤ and rarely ف) مڠ- will be written as مم- and will require the removal of the first ڤ or ف.
• (before چ, د, ج and ز) مڠ- will be written as من-.
• (before ت) مڠ- will be written as من- and will require the removal of the first ت.
• (before ݢ and ه) مڠ- remains written as مڠ-.
• (before ک) مڠ- remains written as مڠ- and will require the removal of the first ک.
• (before س) مڠ- will be written as مڽ- and will require the removal of the first س.
• (before monosyllabic roots) مڠ- remains written as مڠ-.