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Alemannic German
Pronunciation
Prefix
ii-
- Forming compound words indicating physical or metaphorical motion into or inwards.
Derived terms
Chickasaw
Etymology
Cognate with Choctaw ī- and Choctaw ii- (alternative spelling).
Prefix
ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)
- we (subject of an active verb)
Choctaw
Etymology
Cognate with Chickasaw ii-.
Prefix
ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)
- we (subject of an active transitive verb or active intransitive verb)
Inflection
Navajo
Pronunciation
Prefix
ii-
- Marks a first person duoplural subject
- ii- + yicha (“he/she is crying”) → yiicha (“we are crying”)
Usage notes
- In ∅-imperfective verbs, this prefix must be preceded by the peg element y- in order to be a phonotactically permissible Navajo syllable. In the ni-imperfective paradigm, it is realized as nii-.
See also
Old English
Etymology
From the Roman numeral II (2).
Prefix
ii-
- scribal abbreviation of twi-
References