"yi" meaning in Akan

See yi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|ak|determiner}} yi
  1. (postpositive) this Tags: postpositional Synonyms: wei
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-det-HreWAkEe Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header, Akan pronouns Disambiguation of Akan entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 5 20 8 20 Disambiguation of Akan pronouns: 17 17 0 4 33 29

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|ak|pronoun}} yi
  1. this Synonyms: yei, nie
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-pron-HreWAkEe Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header, Akan pronouns Disambiguation of Akan entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 5 20 8 20 Disambiguation of Akan pronouns: 17 17 0 4 33 29

Verb

Forms: yiyi [reduplication]
Head templates: {{head|ak|verb|reduplication|yiyi}} yi (reduplication yiyi)
  1. to remove
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-verb-G11PZKef
  2. to select Synonyms: yiyi mu, yɛ nyiyimu, sa mu
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-verb-p~WN4bce Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Akan entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 5 20 8 20
  3. to pluck
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-verb-QvTreQ4f Categories (other): Akan pronouns Disambiguation of Akan pronouns: 17 17 0 4 33 29
  4. A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives.
    Sense id: en-yi-ak-verb-LBHYgQhy Categories (other): Akan determiners, Akan entries with incorrect language header, Akan pronouns Disambiguation of Akan determiners: 23 23 0 6 10 38 Disambiguation of Akan entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 5 20 8 20 Disambiguation of Akan pronouns: 17 17 0 4 33 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yi adi, yi firi mu, yi gu, yi kyerɛ, yi mu koraa, yi sika
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi adi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi firi mu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi gu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi kyerɛ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi mu koraa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "yi sika"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yiyi",
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "reduplication",
        "4": "yiyi"
      },
      "expansion": "yi (reduplication yiyi)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to remove"
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-verb-G11PZKef",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 5 20 8 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to select"
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-verb-p~WN4bce",
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yiyi mu"
        },
        {
          "word": "yɛ nyiyimu"
        },
        {
          "word": "sa mu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 0 4 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pluck"
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-verb-QvTreQ4f",
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 0 6 10 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 5 20 8 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 0 4 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-verb-LBHYgQhy",
      "links": [
        [
          "productive",
          "productive#English"
        ],
        [
          "light verb",
          "light verb#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "yi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 5 20 8 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 0 4 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-pron-HreWAkEe",
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yei"
        },
        {
          "word": "nie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "yi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 5 20 8 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 0 4 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "id": "en-yi-ak-det-HreWAkEe",
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(postpositive) this"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wei"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "postpositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Akan determiners",
    "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akan lemmas",
    "Akan pronouns",
    "Akan verbs",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "yi adi"
    },
    {
      "word": "yi firi mu"
    },
    {
      "word": "yi gu"
    },
    {
      "word": "yi kyerɛ"
    },
    {
      "word": "yi mu koraa"
    },
    {
      "word": "yi sika"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yiyi",
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "reduplication",
        "4": "yiyi"
      },
      "expansion": "yi (reduplication yiyi)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to remove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to select"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yiyi mu"
        },
        {
          "word": "yɛ nyiyimu"
        },
        {
          "word": "sa mu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pluck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "productive",
          "productive#English"
        ],
        [
          "light verb",
          "light verb#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Akan determiners",
    "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akan lemmas",
    "Akan pronouns",
    "Akan verbs",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "yi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yei"
        },
        {
          "word": "nie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Akan determiners",
    "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akan lemmas",
    "Akan pronouns",
    "Akan verbs",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "yi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(postpositive) this"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wei"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "postpositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yi"
}

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