-ge
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly cognate to Finnish -kin, Erzya -ке (-ke).
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]-ge
Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją, *gawjō, *gawô (“country, region, environment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ġē
- suffix used to denote a region or territory
- ǣlġē ― eel-country
- suffix used in placenames meaning region of, or district of
- Sūþrīeġ, Sūþrīġe ― Surrey (literally, “Southerly District”)
Descendants
[edit]- -y, -ey found in some English placenames
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Adjective
[edit]-ge
Wutunhua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ge
- A referential marker attached to numerals or singular nominals, emphasizing that a specific individual entity (or entities) are being referred to, rather than being a general statement, a property, an abstract conception, etc.
- awo liang-ge yida zhan-she-ma-li.
- Two men[REF] were standing together.
- je nian nga-n-de dojjai qhichai-ge mai-she-lio.
- This year our Dojjai bought a [certain] car.
- jashe qe-di-de-ge ngu jhan-lio.
- I saw that Jashe was eating.
- (literally, “[As for] Jashe's eating[REF], I saw it.”)
- each; used with a distributive sense.
- ren-ge-ha dong yi-zek-ma ek bai.
- Each person [gets] one thousand and two hundred.
- Used to introduce and foreground a new participant or character when telling a story, etc.
Usage notes
[edit]-ge is obligatory after a numeral when it directly attributes a noun, except for nouns which are units of time or certain mass nouns (containers, etc.).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami particles
- Northern Sami enclitic particles
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English suffixes
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Pali non-lemma forms
- Pali adjective forms
- Wutunhua terms derived from Mandarin
- Wutunhua terms with IPA pronunciation
- Wutunhua lemmas
- Wutunhua suffixes
- Wutunhua terms with usage examples