ama prefixed pronoun; of the same meaning as a̱, an, and ʋm; I, as amponna, I am skilled, I know; ʋmahoba, I reckon, I presume, or it seems to me; me in the objective or dative case, as ampota, to lend to me; am is usually found before words beginning with p and b; ʋm before vowels, ʋmissuba; ʋmia; go for me and sʋm after 2d person sing., and plural, issʋmithana, thou knowest me; hʋssʋmithana, ye know me.
