ige
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Symbol ===
ige
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Igede.
=== See also ===
Wiktionary’s coverage of Igede terms
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *igen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ikene. Cognate with Finnish ien and Hungarian íny.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
ige (genitive igeme, partitive iget)
gum (part of mouth)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
ige in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“ige”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. Perhaps from a Turkic language.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈiɡɛ]
Hyphenation: ige
Rhymes: -ɡɛ
=== Noun ===
ige (plural igék)
(grammar) verb
(biblical) Word
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
(verb): ige in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
([textile industry] a folksy term for three yarns on the reel): ige in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
== Kadiwéu ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /iɡe/
=== Verb ===
ige
(intransitive) to dream
=== References ===
“ige”, in Dicionário da Língua Kadiwéu [Dictionary of the Kadiwéu Language] (in Portuguese), Sociedade Internacional de Linguística, 2002, page 76.
== Maia ==
=== Pronoun ===
ige
where
== Mwotlap ==
=== Etymology ===
From earlier irge (attested in Codrington 1885), from Proto-Torres-Banks *i ra ɣai, from Proto-Oceanic *i (“3rd person pronoun”) + *-ra (“3rd person plural suffix”) + *kai (“native, person”). Compare with dual yoge, trial tēlge.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /iɣɛ/
=== Article ===
ige (plural)
the (plural article for human nouns)
ige lōqōvēn ― (the) women
==== Usage notes ====
General determiner; does not encode definiteness.
Contrasts with singular na- (prefix), dual yoge, trial tēlge.
=== Pronoun ===
ige
people (generic plural for human nouns)
Nitog etet ige! ― Stop staring at people!
ige to-M̄otlap ― the people of Motalava (M̄otlap)
==== Usage notes ====
Contrasts with 3rd plural personal pronoun kēy (they, them).
=== References ===
François, Alexandre. 2005. A typological overview of Mwotlap, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu. Linguistic typology 9 (1): 115–146. DOI:10.1515/lity.2005.9.1.115.
François, Alexandre. 2026. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS (Pdf version). – entry ige.