-gi - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- -ki (after voiceless consonants)
-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.
- 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.
-gi
-gi
-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.
-gi
- diminutive suffix; used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
- Alhaji, Gabra Ibrahim A Morphological Analysis of Nouns and Adjectives In The Nupe Language, 2012
From Proto-Germanic *-gô.
-gi
- creates diminutives from nouns
From Proto-Germanic *-gin.
-gi
From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.
-gi
- Suffix creating a new word related to its root.