-igi
See also: igi, -iĝi, iĝi, and īgi
Esperanto
Etymology
Perhaps from German -igen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡi/
- Hyphenation: i‧gi
- Rhymes: -iɡi
Suffix
-igi
- (with nominal/adjectival roots) to cause to be
- e.g. pura (“clean”) + -igi → purigi (“to make clean, to clean (tr)”).
- (with verbal roots) makes transitive verbs out of intransitive ones
- e.g. bruli (“to burn (intr)”) + -igi → bruligi (“to burn (tr)”).
Derived terms
- igi
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Descendants
- Ido: -igar
See also
- -iĝi