ig

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ig"

Translingual

Symbol

ig

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Igbo.

English

Etymology 1

Verb

ig (third-person singular simple present igs, present participle igging, simple past and past participle igged)

1. Alternative form of igg (“to ignore”)

Etymology 2

Phrase

ig

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of IG.

Anagrams

• G. I., G.I., GI, gi

Alemannic German

Pronoun

ig

1. (Bern) Alternative form of ich

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Cognate with Swedish jag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɣ/

Pronoun

ig

1. I

Iranun

Noun

ig

1. water

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) i'g

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiki.

Noun

ig

1. sweat

Maguindanao

Noun

ig

1. water

References

• J. Juanmarti, Diccionario moro-maguindanao-español (1892); A Grammar of the Maguindanao Tongue (1902), a translation into English by the US War Department

Maranao

Noun

ig

1. water

Derived terms

• kaigan (“watery”)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
• Howard McKaughan, The Inflection and Syntax of Maranao Verbs (1958), page 10: laoas 'body' + ig 'water' > laoasaig 'river'
• Jonathan Epstein, Maranao grammar (1963), page 42

Middle English

Pronoun

ig

1. Alternative form of I (“I”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːj/

Noun

īġ f

1. Alternative form of īeġ

Sumerian

Romanization

ig

1. Romanization of 𒅅 (ig)

Turkish

Phrase

ig

1. (text messaging) Initialism of iyi geceler.

Welsh

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

ig f (plural igion or igiau)

1. hiccup

Usage notes

• Often used in the singular with the definite article yr. (Cf. English "the hiccups".)

  Mae'r ig arna i.

  I have got the hiccups.

Derived terms

• igian

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ig	unchanged	unchanged	hig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Woleaian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈix/

Noun

ig

1. fish