an adjectival prefix, showing condition, often a shortened form of the prefix #ta or #ma

Fox, C. 1970

adjectival affix prefixed to adjectives denoting height, length, and depth

Mintz and Britanico 1985

adjectival prefix

adjective forming affix added to adjective referring to degree. It has no meaning other than to give a formal flavor to the style: #ha-taás 'tall', #ha-láyuʔ 'far', #ha-lapad 'broad'

Wolff 1972

kind of prepositional prefix which makes certain word-bases adjectival and descriptive, as if they were preceded by the preposition 'with'; in the Kiangan area #an- is preferred to simple #a- for some word-bases: #a-tike/#an-tike/ 'short (with shortness)'

Lambrecht 1978

prefix, adjective and verb formative; having, characterized by: #doh, #a-doh 'far-off, distant'

Pigeaud 1938

adjectival prefix

Antonissen 1958

prefix used before adjectives (mostly in 17th and 18th century texts)

Cense 1979

a verbal prefix joined to roots and forming a passive verb. Thus from #fafy, sowing, we get #a-fafy, used of the seed sown, in correlation to the passive verb #fafazana from the same root, used of the ground sown

Richardson 1885

prefix indicating the completion of an event e.g. #bala 'come out', #a-bala 'it is out'

Morris 1900