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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently from an older form gina-. Compare Hiligaynon gina- and dialectal Tagalog ina- which also mark the perfective aspect in non-agent triggers.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]gi- (Badlit spelling ᜄᜒ)
- forms the complete aspect in all triggers except the active trigger
- Gikaon nako ang mangga (patient trigger)
- I ate the mango (mango is focused)
- Giadtoan nako ang merkado (locative trigger)
- We went to the market (market is focused)
References
[edit]- John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
Ojibwe
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Prefix
[edit]gi-
- A prefix denoting the second person
Usage notes
[edit]gi- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Ojibwe personal prefixes
References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gi-pf
Old Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.
Prefix
[edit]gi-
- Used for forming the past participle.
- Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
- Forms collective nouns.
Descendants
[edit]Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ġi-
- Alternative form of ġe-
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.
Prefix
[edit]gi-
- Used for forming the past participle.
- Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
- Forms collective nouns.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle High German: ge-
Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.
Prefix
[edit]gi-
- Used for forming the past participle.
- Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
- gidōmian (“to doom”)
- gibrengian (“to accomplish”)
- gidēlian (“to distribute”)
- gifāhan (“to catch”)
- gifremmian (“to accomplish”)
- gifregnan (“to experience”)
- gifullian (“to fulfill”)
- gigarwian (“to prepare”)
- gigirnian (“to acquire”)
- gihaldan (“to keep”)
- gihalon (“to acquire”)
- gihētan (“to promise”)
- gihuggian (“to remember”)
- gimanagfaldon (“to multiply”)
- Forms collective nouns.
- gibūr (“neighbour”)
- gibrōthar (“brothers”)
- gisunfadar (“father and son”)
- giswestar (“siblings”)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Phuthi
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Nguni *ngi-.
Prefix
[edit]gi-
- I; first-person singular subject concord.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Nguni *ngí-.
Prefix
[edit]gi-
- me; first-person singular object concord.
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡi/ [ɡɪ]
- Syllabification: gi-
Prefix
[edit]gi- (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)
- Alternative form of git-
Usage notes
[edit]- Used for roots starting in letter ⟨t⟩.
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