"-i" meaning in Swahili

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  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know",
          "text": "sijui",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheats you?",
          "ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
          "roman": "Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?",
          "text": "مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "general negative marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--i-sw-suffix-SoT6eAa9",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "without TAM infix"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Positive infinitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "ku-"
        },
        {
          "word": "kw-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative infinitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "kuto-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Habitual"
        },
        {
          "word": "hu-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Telegrammic"
        },
        {
          "word": "ka-1"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "indicative",
            "positive"
          ],
          "word": "General"
        },
        {
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive subjunctive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative present"
        },
        {
          "word": "Second person plural"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ni"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-li-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive present"
        },
        {
          "word": "-na-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ta-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative subjunctive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-si-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive present conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-nge-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative present conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-singe-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive past conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ngali-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative past conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-singali-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gnomic"
        },
        {
          "word": "-a-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Perfect"
        },
        {
          "word": "-me-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "word": "past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-lisha-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "word": "present"
        },
        {
          "word": "-mesha-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sha-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ki-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sipo-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Consecutive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ka-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ku-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ja-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Past"
        },
        {
          "word": "Present"
        },
        {
          "word": "Future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-taka-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative"
        },
        {
          "word": "-si-"
        },
        {
          "word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
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      },
      "expansion": "-i",
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  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
      ],
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        "(often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
      ],
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        "with spirantization of the preceding consonant"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "after a vowel",
          "word": "-zi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

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  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
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      "word": "Positive infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "kuto-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Habitual"
    },
    {
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Telegrammic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "positive"
      ],
      "word": "General"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive subjunctive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "word": "Second person plural"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive present"
    },
    {
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative subjunctive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive present conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative present conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive past conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative past conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-singali-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gnomic"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Perfect"
    },
    {
      "word": "-me-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "word": "past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lisha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "word": "present"
    },
    {
      "word": "-mesha-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Consecutive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ka-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ku-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ja-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Past"
    },
    {
      "word": "Present"
    },
    {
      "word": "Future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative"
    },
    {
      "word": "-si-"
    },
    {
      "word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with quotations",
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know",
          "text": "sijui",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheats you?",
          "ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
          "roman": "Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?",
          "text": "مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "general negative marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "without TAM infix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}

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    "Pages with 51 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili suffixes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      },
      "expansion": "-i",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with spirantization of the preceding consonant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "after a vowel",
      "word": "-zi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-i"
}