igi

See also: Igi, -igi, -iĝi, iĝi, and īgi

Aukan

Etymology

From English egg.

Noun

igi

1. egg

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧gi

Verb

igi

1. to drive away

Esperanto

Etymology

Back formation of the suffix -igi

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈiɡi]
• Rhymes: -iɡi
• Hyphenation: i‧gi

Verb

igi (present igas, past igis, future igos, conditional igus, volitive igu)

1. (transitive) to cause to be, to cause to do, to make

   Vi igas min feliĉa.

   You make me happy (You cause me to be happy).

   La instruisto igas la lernanton studi.

   The teacher makes the student study (The teacher causes the student to study).

Conjugation

Conjugation of igi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense igas igis igos active participle iganta igantaj iginta igintaj igonta igontaj acc. igantan igantajn igintan igintajn igontan igontajn passive participle igata igataj igita igitaj igota igotaj acc. igatan igatajn igitan igitajn igotan igotajn nominal active participle iganto igantoj iginto igintoj igonto igontoj acc. iganton igantojn iginton igintojn igonton igontojn nominal passive participle igato igatoj igito igitoj igoto igotoj acc. igaton igatojn igiton igitojn igoton igotojn adverbial active participle igante iginte igonte adverbial passive participle igate igite igote infinitive igi imperative igu conditional igus

See also

• iĝi

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡɪʔ/

Noun

igi

1. seed

   Igi buah rian ― Durian's seed

Classifier

igi

1. classifier for small thing (including fruit, eggs, seeds, teeth, heads, glands)

   Telu tiga igi ― Three eggs

Japanese

Romanization

igi

1. Rōmaji transcription of いぎ

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́.

Noun

igí class 5 (plural amagí class 6)

1. (Kinyarwanda, less common in Kirundi) egg

   Synonym: (Rundi only) irigi

Sumerian

Romanization

igi

1. Romanization of 𒅆 (igi)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiɡi/, [ˈʔi.ɣɪ]
• Hyphenation: i‧gi

Noun

igi (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜄᜒ)

1. fineness; goodness

   Synonyms: buti, kabutihan, inam, kainaman

2. excellence

   Synonyms: galing, kagalingan, husay, kahusayan

3. orderliness; methodicalness

   Synonyms: ayos, kaayusan

4. recovery (from illness)

   Synonyms: galing, paggaling

5. kindness towards another

   Synonyms: bait, kabaitan

Derived terms

• igihan
• kaigihan
• maigi

 

Yoruba

igi

Alternative forms

• igin (Ọ̀wọ̀)

Etymology

Cognate with Ede Idaca egi and Igala íji (“firewood”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ. Compare with orín (“chewing stick”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɡī/

Noun

igi

1. tree
2. stick, wood, cane

   Gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà Àbárìṣà, ó fi igba igi gbẹ́ ọpọ́n; ó ní kí wọ́n sọ fún Àbárìṣà pé òun kò tí ì gbẹ́ nǹkankan ― The carpenter of Àbárìṣà, he uses two-hundred trees to carve a canoe, he then said they should tell Àbárìṣà that he has not carved anything at all

3. plant stem
4. ridge
5. diagram

Derived terms

• dìgbòlugi (“rabies”)
• igi afewéjabẹ́rẹ́ (“pine tree”)
• igi aféé
• igi ahóyaya (“pine tree”)
• igi ajé (“hemp, marijuana”)
• igi bíbo (“Parinari curatellifolia”)
• igi dúdú (“trees of the genus Diospyros”)
• igi gbọọrọ (“log”)
• igi imú (“nose bridge”)
• igi irú (“locust bean tree”)
• igi orò (“Triplochiton scleroxylon”)
• igi ọ̀bọ̀ (“Erythrophleum suaveolens”)
• igi ọ̀gọ̀rọ̀ (“raffia palm”)
• igi ọ̀mọ̀
• igi wọ́rọ́kọ́ (“crooked wood”)
• igi yukalítọ̀ (“eucalyptus”)
• igi àgànhó (“mohagony”)
• igi àjà (“rafter”)
• igi ìbọn (“barrel”)
• igi ìbọn (“barrel”)
• igi ìdáná (“firewood”)
• igi ìṣáná (“match stick”)
• igi ògún (“Ficus thonningii”)
• igi-ẹ̀ha (“wooden coffin”)
• igi-jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́ (“shrub”)
• onígi (“owner or seller of wood”)