i-

See also Appendix:Variations of "i"

English

Etymology 1

Prefix

i-

1. (obsolete) Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.

Etymology 2

From Latin in- (“not”).

Prefix

i-

1. A form of the prefix in-, used before gn, as in ignoble, ignominy, and ignore.

Etymology 3

Prefix

i-

1. (Jamaica, Iyaric) Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning.

See also

• Rastafarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Rastafarian
• Rastafarian I words on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Rastafarian vocabulary#I words

Etymology 4

Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998).

Prefix

i-

1. 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.

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Esperanto

Etymology

The i vowel common to other correlatives, such as ki- and ti-, without the defining consonant.

Prefix

i-

1. Any-, some-. (Indeterminate correlative prefix.)

Derived terms

• 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”)

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Malagasy

Prefix

i-

1. prefix element of i--ana

See also

• an-

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Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔi/

Prefix

i-

1. (transitive) First person plural subject + third person singular object.
2. (transitive) Second person singular subject + third person inverse number object.
3. (transitive) Third person singular subject + third person inverse number object.
4. (transitive) Third person plural subject + third person singular object.
5. (formative) Third person plural subject.

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Zulu

Prefix

i- (full noun prefix, basic form li-)

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The original full form is ili-, but that form is no longer commonly used.

See also

Class 5 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	ili-1, i-
Basic noun prefix:	li-
Subject concord:	li-
Object concord:	-li-
Possessive concord:	la-
Adjective concord:	eli-
Relative concord:	eli-
Pronoun:	lona, -lo
1 Archaic.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.

Prefix

i- (subject concord, medial form -yi-)

1. they (class 4)
2. he, she, it (class 9)

See also

Class 4 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	imi-
Basic noun prefix:	mi-
Subject concord:	i-, -yi-
Object concord:	-yi-
Possessive concord:	ya-
Adjective concord:	emi-
Relative concord:	e-
Pronoun:	yona, -yo
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.

Class 9 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	in-, im-
Basic noun prefix:	n-, m-
Subject concord:	i-, -yi-
Object concord:	-yi-
Possessive concord:	ya-
Adjective concord:	en-, em-
Relative concord:	e-
Pronoun:	yona, -yo
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.