gi-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"
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
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.