-pi

Finnish edit

Alternative forms edit

-vi

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *-pi, derived from Proto-Finnic *-pa (participle ending).

Suffix edit

-pi (archaic)

(personal, dialectal or poetic) Forms the third-person singular indicative present of verbs.
Kotimaani ompi Suomi...

Usage notes edit

See the usage notes under -vi.

The suffix -pi can still be used in some dialects, such as the Savonian and northern Ostrobothnian ones. This usually appears in the end of a single-syllable verb (e.g. juo may be expressed as juopi).

In certain dialects and in some cases, the suffix is subjected to apocope, reducing it to just -p (in this case juo is pronounced juop).
Sometimes this suffix may even appear in the end of a longer verb, even when said verb still has the usual third-person suffix -V (e.g. tahtoo becomes tahtoopi, even though historically this would have been tahtovi).^[1] This is an example of a hypercorrection.

References edit

^ Auli Hakulinen with Maria Vilkuna, Riitta Korhonen, Vesa Koivisto, Tarja Riitta Heinonen, and Irja Alho (2004) “§ 107 Persoonamuotoisen verbin taivutuksesta”, in Iso suomen kielioppi‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, →ISBN

Anagrams edit

ip.

Lakota edit

Suffix edit

-pi

plural marker
mitakuyepi ― my relatives

Usage notes edit

Usually considered an enclitic, but considered and written by a few sources as a standalone marker, pi.

Derived terms edit

Lakota terms suffixed with -pi

Quechua edit

Alternative forms edit

-chaw (Ancash)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pɪ/

Suffix edit

-pi

A suffix for the locative case.
Wasipi saqirqani.
I left it at the house.

Huk watapiqa chunka iskayniyuq killam kan.
In one year there are twelve months.

Chaypim yachani.
I live there.