"-vi" meaning in Gun

See -vi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ví/ Forms: -ví [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”) stems from same root as òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi Etymology templates: {{inh|guw|alv-gbe-pro|*-ví|lit=child}} Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”), {{link|guw|òví|t=child}} òví (“child”), {{cog|fon|-ví}} Fon -ví, {{cog|sxw|-ví}} Saxwe Gbe -ví, {{cog|ajg|-vi}} Adja -vi, {{cog|ee|-vi}} Ewe -vi Head templates: {{head|guw|suffix|head=-ví}} -ví
  1. Forms a diminutive noun. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--vi-guw-suffix-xGdJU3vI
  2. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -tɔ́, -tọ́, -nù
    Sense id: en--vi-guw-suffix-ts2rrhKV Categories (other): Gun entries with incorrect language header, Saxwe Gbe terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Gun entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Saxwe Gbe terms in nonstandard scripts: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -vú
Derived forms: adɔ̀ví (english: intestine), adọ̀ví (english: intestine), Gunnùví (english: the Gun community), àfɔ̀ví (english: toe), àfọ̀ví (english: toe), àlọ̀ví (english: finger), àxɔ́ví (english: prince), Benɛ́tòví (english: Beninese citizen), Benɛ́ví (english: Beninese citizen), Benẹ́tòví (english: Beninese citizen), Benẹ́ví (english: Beninese citizen), tòví (english: citizen)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "intestine",
      "word": "adɔ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "intestine",
      "word": "adọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Gun community",
      "word": "Gunnùví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toe",
      "word": "àfɔ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toe",
      "word": "àfọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "finger",
      "word": "àlọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "prince",
      "word": "àxɔ́ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benɛ́tòví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benɛ́ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benẹ́tòví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benẹ́ví"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "citizen",
      "word": "tòví"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-ví",
        "lit": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "òví",
        "t": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "òví (“child”)",
      "name": "link"
    },
    {
      "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”) stems from same root as òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ví",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Saxwe Gbe terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-vú"
    }
  ],
  "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",
    "Gun terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Saxwe Gbe terms in nonstandard scripts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "intestine",
      "word": "adɔ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "intestine",
      "word": "adọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Gun community",
      "word": "Gunnùví"
    },
    {
      "english": "toe",
      "word": "àfɔ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "toe",
      "word": "àfọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "finger",
      "word": "àlọ̀ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "prince",
      "word": "àxɔ́ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benɛ́tòví"
    },
    {
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benɛ́ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benẹ́tòví"
    },
    {
      "english": "Beninese citizen",
      "word": "Benẹ́ví"
    },
    {
      "english": "citizen",
      "word": "tòví"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-ví",
        "lit": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-ví (literally “child”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "òví",
        "t": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "òví (“child”)",
      "name": "link"
    },
    {
      "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”) stems from same root as òví (“child”). Cognates include Fon -ví, Saxwe Gbe -ví, Adja -vi, Ewe -vi",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ví",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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."
      ],
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-vú"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-vi"
}

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