"-ii" meaning in Translingual

See -ii in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /i.aɪ/ [US], /i.i/ [US, Latin, imitating, rare] Forms: -ae [feminine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ii, the genitive form of -ius, a masculine suffix often appended to non-Latin names in order to Latinize them (e.g. Shakespeārius). Etymology templates: {{bor|mul|la|-ii}} Latin -ii Head templates: {{head|mul|suffix|feminine|-ae|no neuter}} -ii (feminine -ae, no neuter)
  1. Creates eponymous specific epithets relating to a male namesake when appended to their surname. Tags: morpheme
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    [
      "-ii",
      "-ii#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-ius",
      "-ius#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Shakespeārius",
      "Shakespearius#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ii"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ii",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -ii, the genitive form of -ius, a masculine suffix often appended to non-Latin names in order to Latinize them (e.g. Shakespeārius).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-ae",
        "5": "no neuter"
      },
      "expansion": "-ii (feminine -ae, no neuter)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "English Sanderson (surname) + -ii → sandersonii (“Sanderson's, of Sanderson”, whence also a presumed nominal Latin *Sandersōnius.)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Creates eponymous specific epithets relating to a male namesake when appended to their surname."
      ],
      "id": "en--ii-mul-suffix-pr8AWFgZ",
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        [
          "eponymous",
          "eponymous#English"
        ],
        [
          "specific epithet",
          "specific epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "namesake",
          "namesake#English"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/i.aɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.i/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "Latin",
        "imitating",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ii"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-ii",
      "-ii#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-ius",
      "-ius#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Shakespeārius",
      "Shakespearius#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ii"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ii",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -ii, the genitive form of -ius, a masculine suffix often appended to non-Latin names in order to Latinize them (e.g. Shakespeārius).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-ae",
        "5": "no neuter"
      },
      "expansion": "-ii (feminine -ae, no neuter)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual suffixes",
        "Translingual terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Translingual terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "English Sanderson (surname) + -ii → sandersonii (“Sanderson's, of Sanderson”, whence also a presumed nominal Latin *Sandersōnius.)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Creates eponymous specific epithets relating to a male namesake when appended to their surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eponymous",
          "eponymous#English"
        ],
        [
          "specific epithet",
          "specific epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "namesake",
          "namesake#English"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/i.aɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.i/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "Latin",
        "imitating",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ii"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -ii meaning in Translingual (1.5kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: no neuter",
  "path": [
    "-ii"
  ],
  "section": "Translingual",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ii",
  "trace": ""
}

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