-వి

See also: వి

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ʋi/

Suffix

-వి • (-vi)

2. contraction of the pronouns అవి (avi) or ఇవి (ivi); used to form neuter plural nouns from adjectives, often as a predicate marker
   1. used with the genitive case of nouns to indicate possession

      ఇవి నావి. ― ivi nāvi. ― These are mine.

      ఈ బట్టలు అతనివి. ― ī baṭṭalu atanivi. ― These clothes are his.

      ఈ పుస్తకాలు విజయవి. ― ī pustakālu vijayavi. ― These books are Vijay’s.

   2. used with the participle form of verbs to form nouns meaning "the ones which (the verb)"

      కొన్నవి ― konnavi ― the ones which were bought

   3. used with general adjectives to form nouns meaning "the (the adjective) ones"

      ఈ కాలాలు కొత్తవి. ― ī kālālu kottavi. ― These pens are new. (literally, “These pens new ones.”)

3. second person singular concord marker

   నువ్వు నా స్నేహితుడివి. ― nuvvu nā snēhituḍivi. ― You are my friend.

Usage notes

• Nouns ending with the predicate marker suffix -వి are declined as if the అవి pronoun wasn't contracted, i.e., the oblique stem uses the suffix -వాటి (-vāṭi).
• There is no second person plural or third person concord marker. Bare nouns are used as the predicate in such nominal sentences.

Derived terms

Telugu terms suffixed with -వి

నావి

References

• "వి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1169
• Ramanarasimham, Parimi (2006 June) An Intensive Course in Telugu‎^[1], 2nd edition, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, →ISBN, pages 62, 177, 190, 228, 611