Apparently from an older formgina-. CompareHiligaynongina- and dialectalTagalogina- which also mark the perfective aspect in non-agent triggers.
gi- (Badlit spellingᜄᜒ)
- 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)
- John U. Wolff (1972)A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
gi-
- A prefix denoting the second person
gi- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant.
FromProto-West Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm.
gi-
- Used for forming thepast participle.
- Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
- Forms collective nouns.
ġi-
- Alternative form ofġe-
FromProto-West Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm.
gi-
- Used for forming thepast participle.
- Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
- Forms collective nouns.
- Middle High German:ge-
- Alemannic German:g- orge-(euphonic)
- Bavarian:g-
- German:ge-
- Luxembourgish:ge-
- Vilamovian:gy-
- Yiddish:גע־(ge-)
FromProto-West Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Germanic*ga-, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm.
gi-
- Used for forming thepast participle.
- giboran(“born”)
- gifundan(“found”)
- gihētan(“called”)
- githāht(“thought”)
- gialdrod(“aged”)
- 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”)
FromProto-Nguni*ngi-.
gi-
- I;first-person singular subject concord.
FromProto-Nguni*ngí-.
gi-
- me;first-person singular object concord.
Fromclipping ofgitna.
gi- (Baybayin spellingᜄᜒ)
- Alternative form ofgit-
- Used for roots starting in letter⟨t⟩.
