ingi

From ingo (“sheath”) +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [ˈinɡi]
• Rhymes: -inɡi
• Hyphenation: in‧gi

ingi (present ingas, past ingis, future ingos, conditional ingus, volitive ingu)

1. (transitive) to sheathe

ingi

1. Amerindian

ingi

1. Amerindian

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪ́.

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-ingi (declinable)

1. much; a lot of; many

• -chache

• wingi

From Proto-North Halmahera *iŋir (“tooth”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈi.ŋi]

ingi

1. tooth

• ing (with vowel deletion)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
• Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎^[1]

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪ́.

• IPA^(key): /íːŋɡi/

-ingi (declinable)

1. many

   Antonyms: -ke (“small, few”), -taito (“small, few”)

   engoye enyingi ― the many pieces of clothing

2. big, large (when used in the singular, especially with inanimate objects)

   Synonym: -kooto

   orugoye rwingi ― a large piece of clothing

3. (informal, humorous) plenty-having, having an abundance of something (when used in the class 1 forms)

   Oli mwingi mu sente. ― You are rich. (literally, “You are much in money.”)

• This adjective is normally used with countable nouns in the plural, and material nouns in the singular. However, the class 1 forms can also mean "many" despite their singularity.

• obwingi (“amount, number”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 430-431