Meaning of ig-

1. prefix, alternant of the future and subjunctive nonpotential instrumental prefix i-, used with some verb bases referring to mutual actions referring to the person with whom the action is done. Dúgayng wà ku siya igkítà, I haven’t met him for a long time; 1a. prefix used in Biblical language with certain roots as an alternant of i- in all of its meanings. Birhin Maríya, ig-ampù mu kami, Virgin Mary, pray for us. 2. affix added to roots referring to relationship, referring the person with whom one is in that relationship. Igsúun, One’s sibling. Ig-ágaw, One’s cousin. Dílì ku siya igláin, I am related to him.

see inig-.