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Estonian
- -ki (after voiceless consonants)
Suffix
-gi
- too, also, even
Head uut aastat sullegi!- Happy New Year to you, too!
- (in a negative sentence) not ... either, neither; not ... a/an, not ... any
Ma ei taha anda seda sullegi.- I do not want to give it to you either.
Ta ei suuda rääkida ühtegi sõna inglise keeles.- He/She cannot speak a word in English.
Usage notes
- The informative "addition" is on the word -gi is suffixed to. Therefore sullegi ("to you, too") in the example means that "you" is not the only one to whom "Happy New Year" is wished.
- This form is used after voiced consonants and vowels. After voiceless consonants (note: g, b, d, z, and ž are voiceless), the form -ki is used.
Japanese
Romanization
-gi
- Rōmaji transcription of ぎ
Navajo
Suffix
-gi
- at
- bitahgi ― at a place among them
- Kinłánídi óltaʼgi ― at the school in Flagstaff
Usage notes
-gi is more specific than -di. -gi refers to a specific place within a generalized location marked by -di. The approximate location with -di comes first, followed by the specific -gi.
Nupe
Pronunciation
Suffix
-gi
- diminutive suffix; used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
- Antonym: -kó
- pátí (“mountain”) + -gi → pátígi (“hill”)
- ena (“mammal”) + -gi → nan̄gi (“domesticated mammal; goat”)
- ǹdá (“father”) + -gi → ǹdági (“paternal uncle”)
- ǹná (“mother”) + -gi → ǹnági (“maternal aunt”)
- yaká (“chili pepper”) + -gi → yakági (“small chili pepper”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Alhaji, Gabra Ibrahim A Morphological Analysis of Nouns and Adjectives In The Nupe Language, 2012
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *-gô.
Suffix
-gi
- Creates diminutives from nouns
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *-gin.
Suffix
-gi
- not, no
- maðr (“man, person”) + -gi → manngi (“nobody”)
- eitt (“one”) + -gi → ekki (“nothing, nought”)
Derived terms
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.
Suffix
-gi
- Suffix creating a new word related to its root.
- bilmek (“to know”) + -gi → bilgi (“knowledge”)
- övmek (“to praise”) + -gi → övgü (“praise”)
- çizmek (“to draw a line”) + -gi → çizgi (“line”)
Derived terms