"-i" meaning in Spanish

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Mari",
      "Mari#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "María",
      "María#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Rodri",
      "Rodri#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Rodrigo",
      "Rodrigo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "boli",
      "boli#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bolígrafo",
      "bolígrafo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bici",
      "bici#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bicicleta",
      "bicicleta#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "affection",
      "affection"
    ],
    [
      "gordi",
      "gordi#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "gordo",
      "gordo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "tonti",
      "tonti#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "tonto",
      "tonto#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "holi",
      "holi#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "hola",
      "hola#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-ito",
      "-ito#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-illo",
      "-illo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-is",
      "-is#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-ie",
      "-ie#English"
    ],
    [
      "onomatopoeic",
      "onomatopoeic"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First appeared in the form of colloquial clippings of some proper names, such as Mari (<María) or Rodri (<Rodrigo), and some nouns and adjectives, e.g. boli (<bolígrafo (“ballpoint pen”)), bici (<bicicleta (“bicycle”)); which afterwards influenced the ending of other words (including interjections) after a vowel other than i, used to convey affection: gordi (“honey, darling”) (<gordo (“fat”)), tonti (“silly”) (<tonto (“stupid”)), holi (“hi”) (<hola (“hello”)). Probably also influenced by clippings of the diminutive-forming suffixes -ito and -illo. The addition of -s seems to be a later development, see -is.\nCompare with English -ie, which has a similar usage. The vowel /i/ has an onomatopoeic quality to it, which may reinforce its occurrence in diminutives.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "-i (plural -is)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 77 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forming diminutive, endearing or affectionate forms of nouns or adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--i-es-suffix-RuQyM3nK",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing#English"
        ],
        [
          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, slang) forming diminutive, endearing or affectionate forms of nouns or adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Mari",
      "Mari#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "María",
      "María#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Rodri",
      "Rodri#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "Rodrigo",
      "Rodrigo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "boli",
      "boli#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bolígrafo",
      "bolígrafo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bici",
      "bici#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "bicicleta",
      "bicicleta#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "affection",
      "affection"
    ],
    [
      "gordi",
      "gordi#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "gordo",
      "gordo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "tonti",
      "tonti#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "tonto",
      "tonto#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "holi",
      "holi#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "hola",
      "hola#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-ito",
      "-ito#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-illo",
      "-illo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-is",
      "-is#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-ie",
      "-ie#English"
    ],
    [
      "onomatopoeic",
      "onomatopoeic"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First appeared in the form of colloquial clippings of some proper names, such as Mari (<María) or Rodri (<Rodrigo), and some nouns and adjectives, e.g. boli (<bolígrafo (“ballpoint pen”)), bici (<bicicleta (“bicycle”)); which afterwards influenced the ending of other words (including interjections) after a vowel other than i, used to convey affection: gordi (“honey, darling”) (<gordo (“fat”)), tonti (“silly”) (<tonto (“stupid”)), holi (“hi”) (<hola (“hello”)). Probably also influenced by clippings of the diminutive-forming suffixes -ito and -illo. The addition of -s seems to be a later development, see -is.\nCompare with English -ie, which has a similar usage. The vowel /i/ has an onomatopoeic quality to it, which may reinforce its occurrence in diminutives.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "-i (plural -is)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 77 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish colloquialisms",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish slang",
        "Spanish suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forming diminutive, endearing or affectionate forms of nouns or adjectives"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing#English"
        ],
        [
          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, slang) forming diminutive, endearing or affectionate forms of nouns or adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}