-di

Likely from an original ending -t + the nominalizer/relativizer -i.

-di

1. a noun-forming suffix

   ‎cʼecii (“tip”) + ‎-di → ‎cʼeciidi (“woman's blouse”)

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 154

-di

1. (Chungli) near-future verb suffix

• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 20

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• IPA^(key): /di/ [d̪i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: -di

-di

1. collective suffix usually attached to plant names

   ‎elorri (“hawthorn”) + ‎-di → ‎elordi (“hawthorn grove”)

   ‎pinu (“pine tree”) + ‎-di → ‎pinudi (“pine forest”)

2. (neologism) group of people

   ‎gazte (“young person”) + ‎-di → ‎gaztedi (“youth”)

Many neologisms in common use were coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana using this suffix.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di]
• Hyphenation: -dī

-dī

1. present passive infinitive of -dō

• IPA^(key): /-tɪ̀/
• Rhymes: -ɪ̀
• Hyphenation: -di

-di

1. at

   náánáłahdi ― at another place

   Kinłánídi óltaʼgi ― at the school in Flagstaff

2. times (with numbers)

   naakidi ― two times, twice

-gi is more specific than -di. -gi refers to a specific place within a generalized location marked by -di. The approximate location with -di comes first, followed by the specific -gi.

• -dı, -du, -dü, -tı, -ti, -tu, -tü

From Proto-Turkic *-ti (past tense suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈ-di/

-di

1. past tense suffix

   gel(-mek) (“(to) come”) → geldi (“he/she/it came”)

   sev(-mek) (“(to) love”) → sevdi (“he/she/it loved”)

2. used in nouns to indicate that it has been seen in the past; equivalent to English was — were

   ev (“house”) → evdi (“it was a house”)

   ceviz (“walnut”) → cevizdi (“it was a walnut”)

• Personal suffixes are added after "-di".

  ye + -di + -m → yedim (“I ate”)

  ye + -di + -n → yedin (“you ate”)

  ye + -di → yedi (“he/she/it ate”)

  ye + -di + -k → yedik (“we ate”)

  ye + -di + -niz → yediniz (“you (pl.) ate”)

  ye + -di + -ler → yediler (“they ate”)

From Proto-Oceanic *-dri, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *-ndi.

• IPA^(key): /-ⁿdi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: -di

-di

1. a third-person plural possessive suffix

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Crowley, Terry et al. (2013), The Oceanic Languages, page 365

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ti (past tense suffix).

-di

1. used to form past tense of verbs