gi-

Apparently from an older form gina-. Compare Hiligaynon gina- and dialectal Tagalog ina- which also mark the perfective aspect in non-agent triggers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi/

gi- (Badlit spelling ᜄᜒ)

1. 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 (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

• g-
• gid-
• gido-
• giy-

gi-

1. A prefix denoting the second person

gi- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant.

• giin
• giinawaa
• giinawind

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gi-pf

• ge-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

• Middle Dutch: ghe-, ge-, (West-Flanders) i-, y-
  • Dutch: ge-
    • Afrikaans: ge-
  • West Flemish: ge-, e-

• IPA^(key): /ji/

ġi-

1. alternative form of ġe-

• ga-, ki-, ka-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

• Middle High German: ge-
  • Alemannic German: g- or ge- (euphonic)
  • Bavarian: g-
  • German: ge-, g-
  • Luxembourgish: ge-
  • Vilamovian: gy-
  • Yiddish: גע־ (ge-)

• i-, ge-, ga-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.

   giboran (“born”)

   gifundan (“found”)

   gihētan (“called”)

   githāht (“thought”)

   gialdrod (“aged”)

2. 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”)

3. Forms collective nouns.

   gibūr (“neighbour”)

   gibrōthar (“brothers”)

   gisunfadar (“father and son”)

   giswestar (“siblings”)

• Middle Low German: ge-
  • Low German: ge-, e-, je-

From Proto-Nguni *ngi-.

gi-

1. I; first-person singular subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ngí-.

gi-

1. me; first-person singular object concord.

From clipping of gitna.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡi/
• Syllabification: gi-

gi- (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

1. alternative form of git-

• Used for roots starting in letter ⟨t⟩.