ig
See also: Ig, IG, -ig, ig., ig-, i.G., and иг
Translingual
Symbol
ig
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Igbo.
English
Verb
ig (third-person singular simple present igs, present participle igging, simple past and past participle igged)
- Alternative form of igg (“to ignore”)
Phrase
ig
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of IG.
Anagrams
- G. I., G.I., GI, gi
Alemannic German
Pronoun
ig
- (Bern) Alternative form of ich
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Cognate with Swedish jag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪɣ/
Pronoun
ig
- I
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) i'g
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hiki.
Noun
ig
- sweat
Maguindanao
Noun
ig
- water
References
- J. Juanmarti, Diccionario moro-maguindanao-español (1892); A Grammar of the Maguindanao Tongue (1902), a translation into English by the US War Department
Maranao
Noun
ig
- water
Derived terms
- kaigan (“watery”)
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
- Howard McKaughan, The Inflection and Syntax of Maranao Verbs (1958), page 10: laoas 'body' + ig 'water' > laoasaig 'river'
- Jonathan Epstein, Maranao grammar (1963), page 42
Middle English
Pronoun
ig
- Alternative form of I (“I”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːj/
Noun
īġ f
- Alternative form of īeġ
Sumerian
Romanization
ig
- Romanization of 𒅅 (ig)
Welsh
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
ig f (plural igion or igiau)
- hiccup
Usage notes
- Often used in the singular with the definite article yr. (Cf. English "the hiccups".)
- Mae'r ig arna fi.
- I have got the hiccups.
Derived terms
- igian
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ig | unchanged | unchanged | hig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies