-g

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-g

  1. Contraction of og, after words ending in vowels.
    Nagluto kog bugas.
    I'm cooking rice.

Emilian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

-g

  1. (enclitic, after a vowel) Alternative form of ge
    A-g vag edmān.I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)
    A-g pôrt di munjêgi.I bring him some apricots.

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ŋk.[1]

Suffix[edit]

-g

  1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
    g (to rumble, buzz, hum)
  2. (nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.
    anya (mother) + ‎-g → ‎anyag (matter)

Usage notes[edit]

  • (frequentative suffix) Variants:
    -g is added to words ending in a vowel
    -og is added to some back-vowel words
    -ag is added to other back-vowel words
    -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words
  • (nominal-forming suffix) Variants:
    -g is added to words ending in a vowel
    -ag is added to back vowel words
    -eg is added to front vowel words

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ -g in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Ojibwe[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-g

  1. A suffix denoting the plural of an animate noun
  2. A suffix denoting the proximate conjunct form of an inanimate intransitive verb (vii)
  3. A suffix denoting the second-person plural imperative of an animate intransitive verb (vai)
  4. A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of an animate intransitive verb (vai) with a nasal ending
  5. A suffix denoting the second-person plural to singular or plural object imperative of a Type 3 transitive inanimate verb (vti3)
  6. A suffix denoting the third-person singular to first-person singular or second-person singular form of a transitive animate verb (vta) with an -aw or Cw ending

Usage notes[edit]

In d-final intransitive inanimate verbs (vii), the final d merges with -g to produce -k.

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Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Ligature[edit]

-g (Baybayin spelling ᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of -ng, after words ending in n.