-pi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pi"

Finnish

Alternative forms

• -vi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-pi, derived from Proto-Finnic *-pa (participle ending).

Suffix

-pi (archaic)

1. (personal, dialectal or poetic) Forms the third-person singular indicative present of verbs.

   Kotimaani ompi Suomi... ― Finland is my homeland...

Usage notes

See the usage notes under -vi.

The suffix -pi can still be used in some dialects, such as the Savonian and northern Ostrobothnian ones. This usually appears in the end of a single-syllable verb (e.g. juo may be expressed as juopi).

• In certain dialects and in some cases, the suffix is subjected to apocope, reducing it to just -p (in this case juo is pronounced juop).
• Sometimes this suffix may even appear in the end of a longer verb, even when said verb still has the usual third-person suffix -V (e.g. tahtoo becomes tahtoopi, even though historically this would have been tahtovi). This is an example of a hypercorrection.

Anagrams

• ip.

Lakota

Suffix

-pi

1. plural marker

   mitakuyepi ― my relatives

Usage notes

Usually considered an enclitic, but considered and written by a few sources as a standalone marker, pi.

Derived terms

Lakota terms suffixed with -pi

Quechua

Alternative forms

• -chaw (Ancash)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪ/

Suffix

-pi

1. A suffix for the locative case.

   Wasipi saqirqani.

   I left it at the house.

   Huk watapiqa chunka iskayniyuq killam kan.

   In one year there are twelve months.

   Chaypim yachani.

   I live there.

Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Postposition

-pi

1. alongside

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi (“female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-pì/

Suffix

-pi

1. Used to form nouns for female animals.

   ‎ah (“chicken”) + ‎-pi → ‎ahpi (“hen”)

Derived terms

Zou terms suffixed with -pi

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 74