-di
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.[1]
Suffix edit
-di
Usage notes edit
Many neologisms in common use were coined by Sabino Arana using this suffix.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “-di” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
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Suffix edit
-di
Usage notes edit
-gi is more specific than -di. -gi refers to a specific place within a generalized location marked by -di. The approximate location with -di comes first, followed by the specific -gi.
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *-ti (past tense suffix).
Suffix edit
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-di
- Past tense suffix.
- Used in nouns to indicate that it has been seen in the past. Equivalent to was - were
Usage notes edit
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *-dri, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *-ndi.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-di
- A third-person plural possessive suffix.
Further reading edit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *-ti (past tense suffix).
Suffix edit
-di
- Used to form past tense of verbs.