See -vi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "intestine",
"translation": "intestine",
"word": "adɔ̀ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "intestine",
"translation": "intestine",
"word": "adọ̀ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "the Gun community",
"translation": "the Gun community",
"word": "Gunnùví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "toe",
"translation": "toe",
"word": "àfɔ̀ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "toe",
"translation": "toe",
"word": "àfọ̀ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "finger",
"translation": "finger",
"word": "àlọ̀ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "prince",
"translation": "prince",
"word": "àxɔ́ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benɛ́tòví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benɛ́ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benẹ́tòví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benẹ́ví"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "citizen",
"translation": "citizen",
"word": "tòví"
}
],
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"2": "alv-gbe-pro",
"3": "*-ví",
"lit": "child"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "òví",
"t": "child"
},
"expansion": "Gun òví (“child”)",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "-ví"
},
"expansion": "Fon -ví",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sxw",
"2": "-ví"
},
"expansion": "Saxwe Gbe -ví",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ajg",
"2": "-vi"
},
"expansion": "Adja -vi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "-vi"
},
"expansion": "Ewe -vi",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”), in turn yielding Gun òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ví",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "-vú",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "suffix",
"head": "-ví"
},
"expansion": "-ví",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "àvún (“dog”) → àvúnví (“puppy”, literally “little dog”)"
},
{
"text": "àlɔ̀ (“hand”) → àlɔ̀ví (“finger”, literally “little hand”)"
},
{
"text": "kòkló (“chicken”) → kòklóví (“chick”, literally “little chicken”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms a diminutive noun."
],
"id": "en--vi-guw-suffix-xGdJU3vI",
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 10 40 19 2 8 2 2 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 84",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "tò (“country”) → tòví (“citizen”, literally “child of the country”)"
},
{
"text": "Benɛ́tò (“the country of Benin”) → Benɛ́tòví (“Beninese citizen”, literally “child of Benin”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality."
],
"id": "en--vi-guw-suffix-ts2rrhKV",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"ethnic group",
"ethnic group"
],
[
"nationality",
"nationality"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-tɔ́"
},
{
"word": "-tọ́"
},
{
"word": "-nù"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ví/"
}
],
"word": "-vi"
}
{
"categories": [
"Gun entries with incorrect language header",
"Gun lemmas",
"Gun suffixes",
"Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
"Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "intestine",
"translation": "intestine",
"word": "adɔ̀ví"
},
{
"english": "intestine",
"translation": "intestine",
"word": "adọ̀ví"
},
{
"english": "the Gun community",
"translation": "the Gun community",
"word": "Gunnùví"
},
{
"english": "toe",
"translation": "toe",
"word": "àfɔ̀ví"
},
{
"english": "toe",
"translation": "toe",
"word": "àfọ̀ví"
},
{
"english": "finger",
"translation": "finger",
"word": "àlọ̀ví"
},
{
"english": "prince",
"translation": "prince",
"word": "àxɔ́ví"
},
{
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benɛ́tòví"
},
{
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benɛ́ví"
},
{
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benẹ́tòví"
},
{
"english": "Beninese citizen",
"translation": "Beninese citizen",
"word": "Benẹ́ví"
},
{
"english": "citizen",
"translation": "citizen",
"word": "tòví"
}
],
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"2": "alv-gbe-pro",
"3": "*-ví",
"lit": "child"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "òví",
"t": "child"
},
"expansion": "Gun òví (“child”)",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fon",
"2": "-ví"
},
"expansion": "Fon -ví",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sxw",
"2": "-ví"
},
"expansion": "Saxwe Gbe -ví",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ajg",
"2": "-vi"
},
"expansion": "Adja -vi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ee",
"2": "-vi"
},
"expansion": "Ewe -vi",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”), in turn yielding Gun òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ví",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "-vú",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "guw",
"2": "suffix",
"head": "-ví"
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"expansion": "-ví",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gun",
"lang_code": "guw",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "àvún (“dog”) → àvúnví (“puppy”, literally “little dog”)"
},
{
"text": "àlɔ̀ (“hand”) → àlɔ̀ví (“finger”, literally “little hand”)"
},
{
"text": "kòkló (“chicken”) → kòklóví (“chick”, literally “little chicken”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms a diminutive noun."
],
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Gun compound terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "tò (“country”) → tòví (“citizen”, literally “child of the country”)"
},
{
"text": "Benɛ́tò (“the country of Benin”) → Benɛ́tòví (“Beninese citizen”, literally “child of Benin”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality."
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"ethnic group",
"ethnic group"
],
[
"nationality",
"nationality"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-tɔ́"
},
{
"word": "-tọ́"
},
{
"word": "-nù"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ví/"
}
],
"word": "-vi"
}
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