The Multifunctional Morpheme ?a:i2 of Western Zhuang(壮)Language
ŋa:i2,a morpheme with multiple meanings and functions in Western Zhuang(壮)language,is a loanword"ai(捱)"borrowed from Chinese.Its meaning had been shifted from"'suffering'to passive mark".It is highly consistent with the function of"ai(捱)"in some Chinese dialects in Guangxi(广 西).Its borrowing had triggered the change of multifunctional morphemes from the meaning of"'suffering'to passive mark",and affected the evolution process and semantic evolution of some lexical items.
Western Zhuang(壮)Languageŋa:i2ai(捱)Multifunctional morphemes