igi

From English egg.

igi

1. egg

• Hyphenation: i‧gi

igi

1. to drive away

Back formation of the suffix -igi

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡi/

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• Rhymes: -iɡi
• Hyphenation: i‧gi

igi (present igas, past igis, future igos, conditional igus, volitive igu)

1. (transitive) to cause to be, to cause to do, to make

   Vi igas min feliĉa.

   You make me happy (You cause me to be happy).

   La instruisto igas la lernanton studi.

   The teacher makes the student study (The teacher causes the student to study).

• iĝi

• IPA^(key): /iɡɪʔ/

igi

1. seed

   Igi buah rian ― Durian's seed

igi

1. classifier for small thing (including fruit, eggs, seeds, teeth, heads, glands)

   Telu tiga igi ― Three eggs

igi

1. Rōmaji transcription of いぎ

From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́.

igí class 5 (plural amagí class 6)

1. (Kinyarwanda, less common in Kirundi) egg

   Synonym: (Rundi only) irigi

igi

1. romanization of 𒅆 (igi)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiɡi/ [ˈʔiː.ɣɪ]
• Rhymes: -iɡi
• Syllabification: i‧gi

igi (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜄᜒ)

1. fineness; goodness

   Synonyms: buti, kabutihan, inam, kainaman

2. excellence

   Synonyms: galing, kagalingan, husay, kahusayan

3. orderliness; methodicalness

   Synonyms: ayos, kaayusan

4. recovery (from illness)

   Synonyms: galing, paggaling

5. kindness towards another

   Synonyms: bait, kabaitan

Cognate with Ede Idaca egi and Igala íji (“firewood”), proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ. Compare with orín (“chewing stick”)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɡī/

igi

1. tree
2. stick, wood, cane

   Gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà Àbárìṣà, ó fi igba igi gbẹ́ ọpọ́n; ó ní kí wọ́n sọ fún Àbárìṣà pé òun kò tí ì gbẹ́ nǹkankan ― The carpenter of Àbárìṣà, he uses two-hundred trees to carve a canoe, he then said they should tell Àbárìṣà that he has not carved anything at all

3. plant stem
4. ridge
5. diagram