| Form. | ||
| Atayal | qa-ni | this, these; here |
| WMP | ||
| Maranao | a-nan | that |
| Kayan (Uma Juman) | a-nan | that |
| Tontemboan | a- | (followed or not followed by a nasal), prefix that expresses the dative or locative: to, in, at, on, toward, with, over |
| Mongondow | a- | prefixed marker of location; 'above, on top', 'below, underneath' |
| Kayan | a-nan | that |
| Malagasy | a- | a prefix used like , , and , to make a noun into a preposition; e.g. '(the) edge', 'at the edge'; 'an island', 'on an island' |
| OC | ||
| Chuukese | a- | locative prefix, at |
| Mono-Alu | -a | suffix of place |
| Mota | a- | simple preposition, locative; at; before infinitive verb, to; used before the names of places; forms compound preposition, 'on', etc. |
| Samoan | a- | particle occurring in certain nominal constructions, especially with locatives |
| Maori | a- | particle used before names of places and local nouns when they (a) stand as subject in a sentence, (b) are repeated by way of explanation |
| Tolai | a | preposition: to, in, of, at |