gei
See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì
English
Noun
gei (plural geis)
- Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”)
- 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, p. 165:
- I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.
- 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., p.17:
- The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.
- 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, p. 165:
Anagrams
- IgE, Ige
Cornish
Noun
gei
- Soft mutation of kei.
Estonian
Etymology
From English gay.
Noun
gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)
- a gay person
- Kas sa oled gei?
- Are you gay?
Declension
Inflection of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gei | geid |
| accusative | gei | geid |
| genitive | gei | geide |
| partitive | geid | geisid |
| illative | geisse | geidesse |
| inessive | geis | geides |
| elative | geist | geidest |
| allative | geile | geidele |
| adessive | geil | geidel |
| ablative | geilt | geidelt |
| translative | geiks | geideks |
| terminative | geini | geideni |
| essive | geina | geidena |
| abessive | geita | geideta |
| comitative | geiga | geidega |
See also
- homo
- homoseksuaal
- homoseksuaalne
- homoseksuaalsus
Italian
Etymology
Italianized form of English jay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛj/
- Rhymes: -ɛj
- Hyphenation: gèi
Noun
gei m (invariable)
- Synonym of i lunga
Japanese
Romanization
gei
- Rōmaji transcription of げい
- Rōmaji transcription of ゲイ
Luxembourgish
Verb
gei
- second-person singular imperative of geien
Mandarin
Romanization
gei
- Nonstandard spelling of gěi.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Mende
Noun
gei
- husk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gei
- imperative of geie
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡei̯/
Verb
gei
- Soft mutation of cei.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cei | gei | nghei | chei |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
West Makian
Etymology
From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡe.i/
Verb
gei
- (stative) alternative form of gai (“dead”)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gei (stative verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tigei | migei | agei | |
| 2nd person | nigei | figei | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | igei | digei | |
| animate | magei | |||
| imperative | —, gei | —, gei | ||
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics