ii-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ii"

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /iː/

Prefix

ii-

1. Forming compound words indicating physical or metaphorical motion into or inwards.

Derived terms

Alemannic German terms prefixed with ii-

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• ilii-, lii-
• k-, kil-, kii- (from the N affixes)

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw ī- and Choctaw ii- (alternative spelling).

Prefix

ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)

1. we (subject of an active verb)

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ii-.

Prefix

ii- (before vowels il-, class I first-person plural)

1. we (subject of an active transitive verb or active intransitive verb)

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers

			class I			class II		class III		class N		imperative
			+s	+C	+V	+C/i	+a/o	+C	+V	+C	+V	+C	+V
first-person	singular	initial	-li			sa-	si-	a̱-	am-	ak-		n/a
		medial						-sa-	-sam-
	paucal		ī-		il-	pi-		pi̱-	pim-	kī-	kil-
	plural					hapi-		hapi̱-	hapim-
second-person	singular		is-	ish-		chi-		chi̱-	chim-	chik-		∅
	plural		has-	hash-		hachi-		hachi̱-	hachim-	hachik-		ho-	oh-
third-person			∅			∅		i̱-	im-	ik-

Navajo

Prefix

ii-

1. Marks a first person duoplural subject

   ‎ii- + ‎yicha (“he/she is crying”) → ‎yiicha (“we are crying”)

Usage notes

• In ∅-imperfective verbs, this prefix must be preceded by the peg element y- in order to be a phonotactically permissible Navajo syllable. In the ni-imperfective paradigm, it is realized as nii-.

See also

Navajo ∅-imperfective subject markers

			singular	duoplural	plural
1st person			(yi)sh-	(y)ii-	deii-
2nd person			ni-	(w)oh-	daah-
3rd person			yi-		daa-
4th person			ji-		daji-