-gi

Alternative forms

• -ki (after voiceless consonants)

Suffix

-gi

1. too, also, even

   Head uut aastat sullegi!

   Happy New Year to you, too!

2. (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.

Romanization

-gi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎ

Suffix

-gi

1. at

   bitahgi ― at a place among them

   Kinłánídi óltaʼgi ― at the school in Flagstaff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡī/

Suffix

-gi

1. 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”)

Further reading

• Alhaji, Gabra Ibrahim A Morphological Analysis of Nouns and Adjectives In The Nupe Language, 2012

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-gô.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-gin.

Alternative forms

• -gı, -gu, -gü

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.

Suffix

-gi

1. 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”)