ig

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ig"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Igbo or Igbo Ìgbò.

Symbol

ig

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Igbo terms

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-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. Cognate with Swedish jag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɣ/

Pronoun

ig

1. I

Declension

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Nominative	Object
1		ig	mig		wįð	uoss
2		du	dig		ið	ið
3	masc.	an	an	ånum, åm	dier	diem
	fem.	ą̊	ån, åna	enner, en
	neut.	eð	eð	dyö

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *wahiʀ from Proto-Austronesian *wahiʀ

Noun

ig

1. water

Livonian

Alternative forms

• ig (Salaca)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiˀɡ/, [ˈiˀɡ̥]

Noun

i’g

1. sweat

Declension

Declension of i’g (59)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	i’g	igīd
genitive (genitīv)	i’g	igīd
partitive (partitīv)	i’ggõ	igīdi
dative (datīv)	i’ggõn	igīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	i’gkõks	igīdõks
illative (illatīv)	i’ggõ	igīž
inessive (inesīv)	i’gsõ	igīs
elative (elatīv)	i’gstõ	igīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “i’g”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

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

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press
• 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/
• Rhymes: -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

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• i gờ

Etymology

Abbreviation of Instagram.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧ ɣəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: i gờ

Noun

ig

1. (slang, neologism) Instagram

Welsh

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

ig f (plural igion or igiau)

1. hiccup

   Synonyms: rhic, rhicob, rhicoc

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

Mutated forms of ig

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ig	unchanged	unchanged	hig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ixe̥]

Noun

ig

1. fish

References

• Sohn, Ho-Mihn; Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976), “ig”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 66