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Esperanto
- -ighi (H-system spelling)
- -igxi (X-system spelling)
Etymology
From Italian -eggiare, and probably intended to resemble -igi.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-iĝi
- to become
- ruĝa (“red”) + -iĝi → ruĝiĝi (“to blush”)
- to change in state
- stari (“to be standing”) + -iĝi → stariĝi (“to stand up”)
- makes intransitive verbs out of transitive ones
- komenci (“to begin”, transitive verb) + -iĝi → komenciĝi (“to begin”, intransitive verb)
- La spegulo rompiĝis. ― The mirror broke.
Usage notes
- The definitions above are related to each other and not mutually exclusive.
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References
- ^ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007