using "me+"

[Beduino]

I thoght I had already understood how to use the dual prefixe "me+", but working on some words today, I got my self thinking about it. (using the + to indicate lenition)

Is the "me+" just to be used to things that actually make a pair, like:

me+nari (nari - eye)
me+pun (pxun - arm)
me+hinam (kinam - leg)

Or it can be used to indicate "two of a kind", like

tokx - body
me+sokx - 2 bodies
ay+sokx - many bodies

any one knows?  

Eywa ngahu

[omängum fra'uti]

Any noun can have the me+ prefix.  A good example is third person pronoun.  One is po, two is mefo.

[Beduino]

uhnn I understand.. so, everytime a prefix cause lenition, would be a problem to drop the prefix (like ay+sokx = sokx. I could have used another particle to cause the lenition.).

you do not necessarily know what triggered the lenition.

no?

[omängum fra'uti]

Only if ay+ is used can you drop the prefix.

po with ay+

ay-fo
fo

Both are correct.

po with me+

me-fo

If you tried to drop the me- it would become ay-fo, changing meaning.

[Beduino]

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[omängum fra'uti]

To the point...
ay+ is the only prefix you are allowed to drop.  A word which has gone through lenition and has no prefix is assumed to be ay+.

[Beduino]

Irayo tsmúkan! Eywa ngahu.