ii-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ii"

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /iː/

Prefix

ii-

1. Forming compound words indicating physical or metaphorical motion into or inwards.

Derived terms

Alemannic German terms prefixed with ii-

iigsee

iilöse

Bende

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ì- (“Class 5 noun prefix”).

Prefix

ii-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

References

• Yuko Abe (2006), A Bende Vocabulary‎^[1], Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, page v

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ilii-, lii-
• k-, kil-, kii- (from the N affixes)

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw ī- and Choctaw ii- (alternative spelling).

Prefix

ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)

1. we (subject of an active verb)

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ii-.

Prefix

ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)

1. we (subject of an active transitive verb or active intransitive verb)

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers

			class I			class II		class III		class N		imperative
			+s	+C	+V	+C/i	+a/o	+C	+V	+C	+V	+C	+V
first-person	singular	initial	-li			sa-	si-	a̱-	am-	ak-		n/a
		medial						-sa-	-sam-
	paucal		ī-		il-	pi-		pi̱-	pim-	kī-	kil-
	plural					hapi-		hapi̱-	hapim-
second-person	singular		is-	ish-		chi-		chi̱-	chim-	chik-		∅
	plural		has-	hash-		hachi-		hachi̱-	hachim-	hachik-		ho-	oh-
third-person			∅			∅		i̱-	im-	ik-

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìː-/

Prefix

ii-

1. Alternative form of iid-, with the final d- lost to d-effect

   ‎ii- + ‎yicha (“he/she is crying”) → ‎yiicha (“we are crying”)

Old English

Etymology

From the Roman numeral II (2).

Prefix

ii-

1. scribal abbreviation of twi-

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “twi-gilde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.