ingi

See also: Ingi and -ingĩ

Esperanto

Etymology

From ingo (“sheath”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈinɡi]
  • Rhymes: -inɡi
  • Hyphenation: in‧gi

Verb

ingi (present ingas, past ingis, future ingos, conditional ingus, volitive ingu)

  1. (transitive) to sheathe

Conjugation
Conjugation of ingi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense ingas ingis ingos
active participle inganta ingantaj inginta ingintaj ingonta ingontaj
acc. ingantan ingantajn ingintan ingintajn ingontan ingontajn
passive participle ingata ingataj ingita ingitaj ingota ingotaj
acc. ingatan ingatajn ingitan ingitajn ingotan ingotajn
nominal active participle inganto ingantoj inginto ingintoj ingonto ingontoj
acc. inganton ingantojn inginton ingintojn ingonton ingontojn
nominal passive participle ingato ingatoj ingito ingitoj ingoto ingotoj
acc. ingaton ingatojn ingiton ingitojn ingoton ingotojn
adverbial active participle ingante inginte ingonte
adverbial passive participle ingate ingite ingote
infinitive ingi imperative ingu conditional ingus

Sranan Tongo

Adjective

ingi

  1. Amerindian

Noun

ingi

  1. Amerindian

Derived terms
  • ingi-udu
  • ingi-uma
  • ingibakba
  • ingibangi
  • ingibarki
  • ingikarko
  • ingikawna
  • ingikondre
  • ingikrabu
  • inginoto
  • ingipipa
  • ingiprasara
  • ingisiri
  • ingisneki
  • ingisopo
  • ingitabaka
  • ingitongo
  • ingiwarimbo
  • ingiwinti
  • ingiwiwiri

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-ingi (declinable)

  1. much; a lot of; many

Declension
Inflected forms of -ingi
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mwingi
m-mi class(III/IV) mwingi mingi
ji-ma class(V/VI) jingi mengi
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kingi vingi
n class(IX/X) nyingi nyingi
u class(XI) mwingi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pengi
ku class(XVII) kwingi
mu class(XVIII) mwingi

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ternate
ing

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *iŋir (“tooth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈi.ŋi]

Noun

ingi

  1. tooth

Alternative forms
  • ing (with vowel deletion)

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
  • Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪ́.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /íːŋɡi/

Adjective

-ingi (declinable)

  1. many
    Antonyms: -ke (“small, few”), -taito (“small, few”)
    engoye enyingi ― the many pieces of clothing
  2. big, large (when used in the singular, especially with inanimate objects)
    Synonym: -kooto
    orugoye rwingi ― a large piece of clothing
  3. (informal, humorous) plenty-having, having an abundance of something (when used in the class 1 forms)
    Oli mwingi mu sente. ― You are rich. (literally, “You are much in money.”)

Usage notes
  • This adjective is normally used with countable nouns in the plural, and material nouns in the singular. However, the class 1 forms can also mean "many" despite their singularity.

Declension
Inflected forms of -ingi
Noun class indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
1/2 mwingi baingi omwingi abaingi
3/4 mwingi nyingi omwingi enyingi
5/6 lingi maingi eringi amaingi
7/8 kingi bingi ekingi ebingi
9/10 nyingi nyingi enyingi enyingi
11/10 rwingi orwingi
12/14 kaingi bwingi akaingi obwingi
13 twingi otwingi
14/6 bwingi maingi obwingi amaingi
15/6 kwingi okwingi
16 haingi ahaingi

Derived terms
  • obwingi (“amount, number”)

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 430-431
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