FromMiddle English i- ,y- ,ȝe- , fromOld English ġe- , fromProto-West Germanic *ga- , fromProto-Germanic *ga- , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱó- , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱóm ( “ with, near, by, along ” ) . Cognate withDutch ge- ,Low German ge- ,je- ,e- ,German ge- .
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( obsolete ) Used to formpast participles ofverbs .Alternative spelling ofy- .FromLatin ī- , assimilated form ofin- used beforegn- .
i-
A form of the prefixin- , used beforegn , as inignoble ,ignominy , andignore . i-
( Jamaica ) Used to transform English words into words used byRastafarians with a special meaning .FromInternet . Popularized in the name of theiMac line of computers (1998).
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Pertaining to theInternet .Coordinate terms: cyber- ,e- Pertaining todigital devices and computer programs, especially those that arecutting-edge orfashionable , and those fromApple .i- + pod → iPod i- + phone → iPhone i- + Mac → iMac 1999 November 1, Melissa August, “Ad Infinitum”, inTime , volume154 ,page39 :I- WHAT?! Seems everyone's ripping off the iMac idea. Take this parody ad for the fruity-colored “i Brator” at sleeplessknights.com.
2011 , Scotty Smith,Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith , Baker Books,→ISBN , page178 :In our “i World” of new gadgets and cool widgets, help us to ponder the reality that over half of the population on the earth exists on three of our American dollars, or less, a day.
c- (computerized)d- (digital)e- (electronic)i- (intelligent)Fromintelligent
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Pertaining to computerized, electronic, digital, intelligent controls in products c- (computerized)d- (digital)e- (electronic)i- (Internet)i-
marks a second person singular subject;you nicʼaʼi ʼaan You lifted it up Kari, James (1990 ),Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary , Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN , page54 i-
alternative form ofy- , appearing before consonantsKari, James (1990 ),Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary , Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN , page35 CompareNavajo yi-
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Marks the transitional aspect Kari, James (1990 ),Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary , Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN , page67 Inherited fromProto-Bantu *gɪ́-
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Class 4 subject concord. Inherited fromProto-Bantu *jɪ́-
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Class 9 subject concord. ( first-person, we ) : IPA (key ) : /iː/ ī- (before vowels il- ,class I first-person plural )
thesubject of an active transitive verb we thesubject of anactive intransitive verb we i-
( personal prefix, possessive ) Used to form the third-person singular possessive of nouns:his /her /its calli ( “ house ” ) →ical ( “ his/her/its house ” ) CategoryClassical Nahuatl nouns prefixed with i- not found
Classical Nahuatl possessive prefixes
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second person plural agent marker Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo,Agreement in two Arawak languages , inThe Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008,→ISBN , page 398 Thei vowel common to other correlatives, such aski- andti- , without the defining consonant.
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Any-, some-. (Indeterminatecorrelative prefix.) i-
marks thefirst-person plural exclusive ("we, but not you")subject on averb i- + dibaia ( “ to spear ” ) → idibaia ( “ we (excl.) speared it ” ) CategoryGabadi terms prefixed with i- not found
Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24).Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language . [working paper, draft created november 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online:[1] . For the prefixi- , see page 23, section "5.1.1 subject marking". i-
Converts nouns into verbs:to +noun , and marks future tense manpa- ( directional/benefactive ) pe- ( causative ) i-
Forms the plural of nouns which begin with 'o', 'e' or 'u' .J. O. Okedi, E. O. Agbada, M. E. Umukoro,Ụbị Isase Isoko Rọ Kẹ JSS3 - Basic Education Certificate Exam (BECE) - (Upper Basic) - pages 60 - 61 Assimilated form ofin- , befores- + consonant.
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alternative form ofin- i-
Rōmaji transcription ofい FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *i .
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( Kamnyu ) our ( plural possessive ) i-
alternative form ofmi- i-
marker for a noun relating to instruments and tools Assimilated form ofin- , beforegn- .
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alternative form ofin- i-
prefix element ofi- -ana i-
alternative form ofy- i-
translocative , indicating motion away from the speakerepenthetic vowel added to certain verb formsalternative form ofka- ( before o- and on-stems ) Gunther Michelson (1973 ),A thousand words of Mohawk , University of Ottawa Press, page11 Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976 ),Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages105, 173 FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. Contracted from earlierili- , fromProto-Bantu *dɪ́- , plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix*ì- . The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
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Class 5 noun prefix; form ofili- used before stems of more than one syllable. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord. i-
Class 9 noun prefix; form ofin- used before stems beginning withl ,m orn . FromProto-West Germanic *iʀ , fromProto-Germanic *iz .
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European*íh₁ ( emphatic particle ) .[ 1]
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same ,selfsame i-
alternative form ofġe- FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ̀- n- .
i-
Class 9 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord. i-
Class 9 noun prefix; form ofin- used before stems beginning withl ,m orn . i-
Allomorph ofin- , used before ⟨ l ⟩ , ⟨ m ⟩ , and⟨ n ⟩ .FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord. i-
alternative form ofin- , used beforel FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- andProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
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it ,they ;mi class(IV) /n class(IX) subject concord18th century , Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir,Al-Inkishafi [2] , translation fromR. Allen (1946 ), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, inAfrican Studies , volume 5, number 4,→DOI , pages243–249 , stanza12 :هُيُوِ دُنِيَاِيْ نَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ، Huyui duniai na ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye? This world is deceitful, why follow its ways? 1973 , Mohammed S. Abdulla,Duniani kuna watu , page 3:I likuwa kiasi cha saa moja-unusu ya usiku [ …] It was about half past seven in the night [ …] verb-initial form of-i- ( “ it, them;mi class(IV) /n class(IX) object concord ” ) FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord. FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *i- .
i- (Baybayin spelling ᜁ )
benefactive trigger : to perform the action of the verb for someone or something( expresses various kinds of actions ) i- + bili ( “ buy ” ) → ibili ( “ to buy something for someone ” ) Ibili mo ako ng saging.Buy me bananas.object trigger : to do something to a person or a thing( expresses various kinds of actions ) i- + tapon ( “ throw ” ) → itapon ( “ to throw ” ) Itapon mo iyan sa basurahan.Throw that to the garbage.instrumental trigger : to use something for a certain purpose( expresses various kinds of actions ) i- + sulat ( “ write ” ) → isulat ( “ to use something for writing ” ) Isulat mo ng listahan ang lapis.Use the pencilto write a list.i-
( transitive ) First person plural subject + third person singular object.( transitive ) Second person singular subject + third personinverse number object.( transitive ) Third person singular subject + third personinverse number object.( transitive ) Third person plural subject + third person singular object.(formative) Third person plural subject.i- (Jawi إ- )
( non-human ) third-person singular clitic ,it ( human ) third-person plural clitic ,they ( masculine ) third-person singular possessive prefix ,his Synonym: ai- Ternate personal pronouns independent subject proclitic possessive informal formal singular 1st person ngori fangare m ,fajaru f to ri 2nd person ngana ngoni ,jou ngoni no ni 3rd person una m ,mina f o m ,mo f ,i nh i m ,mi f ,ma nh plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na ,nga 1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomi m ,fajaru ngomi f ,fara ngomi 1 mi mi ,mia 2nd person ngoni ni na ,nia 3rd person ana h ,ena nh i h, nh ,yo h, † ,ya nh, † na h ,nga h ,ma nh
unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific m - masculine,f - feminine,h - human,nh - non-human1 - for mixed-gender groups † - archaic Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890 ),Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh FromProto-Tocharian *jä- , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ( “ to move ” ) . CompareTocharian B i- .
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togo FromProto-Tocharian *jä- , whence alsoTocharian A i- , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ( “ to move ” ) . Cognate withLatin eō andPolish iść , both of the same meaning. The preterite form of this term,mäs- , is fromProto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ( “ to move ” ) , and as such the term issuppletive in conjugation.
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togo Adams, Douglas Q. (2013 ), “i-”, inA Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10 ), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN ,pages65-66 Inherited fromProto-Bantu *ì- ( “ Class 5 noun prefix ” ) .
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Class 5 noun prefix .i-
third-person singular clitic ,he ,she ,it i co ―he seespala nei lamo ―this house is large FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. i-
Class 5 noun prefix; form ofili- used before stems of more than one syllable. FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
i- (medial yi- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord. Variant orthographies ALIV i- Brazilian standard i- New Tribes i-
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( Caura River dialect ) allomorph ofy- ( third-person prefix ) used for stems that begin with two consonants ( Cunucunuma River dialect ) allomorph ofdh- ( third-person prefix ) used for non-deictic stems that begin with a consonant forms part of the circumfix allomorphs of various adverbializers,i- -jai ,i- -'da , andi- -emje , used for stems that begin with two consonants Ye'kwana personal markers
pronoun noun possessor/ series II verb argument postposition object series I verb argument transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent first person ewü y- ,∅- ,ü- ,u- 1 w- ,wi- first person dual inclusive küwü k- ,kü- ,ku- ,ki- k- ,kii- ,ki- 1 second person amödö ö- ,öy- /ödh- ,o- ,oy- /odh- ,a- ,ay- /adh- m- ,mi- first person dual exclusive nña y- /dh- ,ch- ,∅- ,i- 1 chö- ∅- n- ,ni- third person tüwü n- ,ni- distant past third person — kün- ,kun- ,kin- ,ken- ,küm- ,kum- ,kim- ,kini- coreferential/reflexive — t- ,tü- ,tu- ,ti- ,te- — reciprocal — — öö- With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient first person > second person mön- ,man- ,mon- ,möm- ,möni- first person dual exclusive > second person second person > first person k- ,kü- ,ku- ,ki- second person > first person dual exclusive third person > any person X …or … any person X > third person see person X in the chart above
ù- in Southeast Yorùbá and some Central Yorùbá dialects such asÈkìtì andÌjẹ̀ṣà .IPA (key ) : /ì/
ì-
abstract or instrument nominalizing prefix Forms both abstract and concrete nouns:
u- in Southeast Yorùbá and some Central Yorùbá dialects such asÈkìtì andÌjẹ̀ṣà .IPA (key ) : /ī/
i-
non-gerundive nominalizing prefix FromProto-Bantu *gɪ́- .
í- (medial yí- )
they ;class 4 subject concord. Contracted from earlieríli- , fromProto-Bantu *dɪ́- , plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix*ì- . The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
î-
Class 5 noun prefix. í-
Class 9 noun prefix; form ofin- used before stems beginning withl ,m orn . FromProto-Bantu *jɪ́- .
í- (medial yí- )
he ,she ,it ;class 9 subject concord.