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 *-jíngɪ́.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-ingi (declinable)

1. much; a lot of; many

Declension

Inflected forms of -ingi

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mwingi	wengi
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

• -chache

Derived terms

• wingi

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^[1]

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^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 430-431