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In German this literally translates to something like “cute sand man”. Because in German you can just add an " I" at the end of any noun to make it sound cute and small. So “Sandi” can be thought of as a kind of diminutive of the noun “Sand”, similar to “Bauchi” from “Bauch” which is stomach. The correct dimunitve of “Bauch” would be “Bäuchlein” but this refers more to the perceived size of the object.

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itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That sounds really wrong. Is that a southern thing?

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- weker01@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yea it’s definitely a dialect thing but a rather common one. I don’t know where it is spoken most tho…
  
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- LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I mean it only works with nouns that are not ending on vowels. But I heard this from people all over Germany. Mostly in a mocking way, like someone was eating too much and complaining about stomach pain:
  “Oh, tut dir der Bauchi weh?”
  
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  - itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’ve only ever really heard it for a handful of very specific nouns, like Maus -> Mausi as an affectionate nickname
    
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    LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I just updated my answer with more examples but I think you are right with the nickname thing
    
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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Like ‘y’ in English. Dog, doggy. Sam, Sammy.

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- SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Cat, catty would like a word ;)
  
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  - LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    There are no innocent cats, that is the reason why there are no catties
    
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PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
By this reasoning the Saudi roysl family are chibi Sauds?

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Spider2013@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What about handi?

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