i-
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Prefix [edit]
i-
- (obsolete) Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin in- (“not”).
Prefix [edit]
i-
Etymology 3 [edit]
Prefix [edit]
i-
- (Jamaica, Iyaric) Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning.
See also [edit]
Rastafarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Rastafarian
Rastafarian I words on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Rastafarian vocabulary#I words
Etymology 4 [edit]
Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998).
Prefix [edit]
i-
- Alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices and computer programs, especially those from Apple.
- 1999, Melissa August, “Ad Infinitum”, in Time, v 154, November 1, p 39:
- I-WHAT?! Seems everyone's ripping off the iMac idea. Take this parody ad for the fruity-colored “iBrator” at sleeplessknights.com.
- 1999, Melissa August, “Ad Infinitum”, in Time, v 154, November 1, p 39:
Esperanto [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The i vowel common to other correlatives, such as ki- and ti-, without the defining consonant.
Prefix [edit]
i-
- Any-, some-. (Indeterminate correlative prefix.)
Derived terms [edit]
- iu (“some individual, someone”)
- io (“some object, something”)
- ia (“some kind of”)
- ies (“belonging to some person, someone's”)
- iel (“some manner/degree, somehow”)
- ie (“some place, somewhere”)
- iam (“some time, sometime”)
- iom (“some quantity, some of”)
- ial (“for some reason”)
Malagasy [edit]
Prefix [edit]
i-
- prefix element of i--ana
See also [edit]
Taos [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʔi/
Prefix [edit]
i-
- (transitive) First person plural subject + third person singular object.
- (transitive) Second person singular subject + third person inverse number object.
- (transitive) Third person singular subject + third person inverse number object.
- (transitive) Third person plural subject + third person singular object.
- (formative) Third person plural subject.
Zulu [edit]
Prefix [edit]
i- (full noun prefix, basic form li-)
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Usage notes [edit]
The original full form is ili-, but that form is no longer commonly used.
See also [edit]
Class 5 concords[edit]
Prefix [edit]
i- (subject concord, medial form -yi-)
See also [edit]
Class 4 concords[edit]