Expresses the indirect object: to; for · Expresses the direction of movement: to; towards; into · Forms adverbial phrases of manner: by, -ly
köken: From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (p-t-i-y /patiy/), from Proto-Iranian *pati-. Northern Luri ڤە (ve).
for (on behalf of) · for (in order to obtain) · for (over a period of time)
eş: per
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift under the influence of per). Usurped the roles of Latin per.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kautta, the partitive singular of kausi; the adpositions are derived through an older meaning of “road, way” or “passage (of a journey)”.
köken: Of disputed origin: * According to the traditional view, developed from Proto-Uralic *wäke (“strength, force”), extended with -l (“obsolete ablative suffix”) * According to a newer view, from Proto-Uralic *pälä (“half, side”). Cognate with Northern Mansi -ыл (-yl).
from, away from, out of · down from · (source of action or event) by, by means of
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab From Proto-Italic *ap, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). The reconstruction of the Proto-Italic form is somewhat uncertain, as it's not clear when or how the final vowel of the PIE form was lost. The voicing of the final consonant to -b can be interpreted as an…
Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.
to touch, hit · to strike · to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
köken: Inherited from Malay kena, from Classical Malay کنا (kena), from Old Malay [script needed] (knā), from Proto-Malayic *kəna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”). * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can,…
köken: From Proto-Vietic *k-laːk. Cognate with Malieng kələak⁸. Related to Proto-Katuic *kaliiʔ (“forehead”) (whence Western Bru kali̤aʔ). Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經, c. 12th cent.) as 略 (MC ljak) (modern SV: lược) and 畧, alternative form of 略 (MC ljak) (modern SV: lược). Attested as tlước in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
aile: ăn cơm trước kẻng, hồi trước, nhà trước, trước Công Nguyên, trước đây, trước giờ, trước hết, trước khi, trước mắt, trước mặt
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian pa-, Old Prussian pa-, po-, Proto-Slavic *po.