gi-

• g-
• gid-
• gido-
• giy-

gi-

1. A prefix denoting the second person

gi- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant.

• giin
• giinawaa
• giinawind

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gi-pf

• ge-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

• Middle Dutch: ghe-, ge-, (West-Flanders) i-, y-
  • Dutch: ge-
    • Afrikaans: ge-
  • West Flemish: ge-, e-

• IPA^(key): /ji/

ġi-

1. Alternative form of ġe-

• ga-, ki-, ka-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

• Middle High German: ge-
  • Alemannic German: g- or ge- (euphonic)
  • Bavarian: g-
  • German: ge-
  • Luxembourgish: ge-
  • Vilamovian: gy-
  • Yiddish: גע־ (ge-)

• i-, ge-, ga-

From Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.

   giboran (“born”)

   gifundan (“found”)

   gihētan (“called”)

   githāht (“thought”)

   gialdrod (“aged”)

2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.

   gidōmian (“to doom”)

   gibrengian (“to accomplish”)

   gidēlian (“to distribute”)

   gifāhan (“to catch”)

   gifremmian (“to accomplish”)

   gifregnan (“to experience”)

   gifullian (“to fulfill”)

   gigarwian (“to prepare”)

   gigirnian (“to acquire”)

   gihaldan (“to keep”)

   gihalon (“to acquire”)

   gihētan (“to promise”)

   gihuggian (“to remember”)

   gimanagfaldon (“to multiply”)

3. Forms collective nouns.

   gibūr (“neighbour”)

   gibrōthar (“brothers”)

   gisunfadar (“father and son”)

   giswestar (“siblings”)

• Middle Low German: ge-
  • Low German: ge-, e-, je-

From Proto-Nguni *ngi-.

gi-

1. I; first-person singular subject concord.

From Proto-Nguni *ngí-.

gi-

1. me; first-person singular object concord.