See -i in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "suffix",
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"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"
}
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"general negative marker"
],
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"(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
],
"raw_tags": [
"without TAM infix"
],
"related": [
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"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"sense": "Final",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
"word": "-si-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-i"
}
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "suffix",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
"type": "example"
}
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"with spirantization of the preceding consonant"
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"sense": "after a vowel",
"word": "-zi"
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"Pages with 51 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili suffixes"
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"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
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"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
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"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
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"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
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"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
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{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
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"sense": "Final",
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"-i"
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"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
"word": "-si-"
}
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{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations",
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"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"
}
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"general negative marker"
],
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"(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
],
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"without TAM infix"
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"morpheme"
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}
],
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}
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"Pages with 51 entries",
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"Swahili suffixes"
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"text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
"type": "example"
}
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],
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],
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"often"
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"sense": "after a vowel",
"word": "-zi"
}
],
"word": "-i"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -i meaning in Swahili (4.6kB)
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"path": [
"-i"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-i",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Gnomic: -a-1 desc=Gnomic rest=-a-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
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"-i"
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