gi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"
English
Etymology
From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Homophone: ghee
Noun
gi (plural gis or gi)
- A martial arts uniform.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
- By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle […]
- 2022 September 20, Danya Hajjaji, “‘Really nice guy’: Tom Hardy surprises competitors with entry and victory in martial arts contest”, in The Guardian:
- Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue gi, subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
Anagrams
- IG, Ig, ig
Breton
Noun
gi
- Soft mutation of ki.
Chamorro
Preposition
gi
- at
- in
- on
Cornish
Noun
gi
- Soft mutation of ki.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡi]
- Hyphenation: gi
Noun
gi (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)
- (archaic, Hinduism) ghee.
- Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega
Further reading
- “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: gì
Noun
gi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta
Japanese
Romanization
gi
- Rōmaji transcription of ぎ
- Rōmaji transcription of ギ
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/
Adjective
gi
- Alternative form of ge
Particle
gi
- turns the preceding word into a nominative
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Lo-Toga
Etymology
Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, doublet of *wakaʀ (“root”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣi/
Noun
gi
- kava plant, Piper methysticum
- kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Further reading
- p.526 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Matal
Pronoun
gi
- I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
- Gi zil Yahudiya, tayyà gi à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, gi bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39).[1]
- I [am] a Jewish man, I was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, I [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)
- Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw gi aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39).[2]
- For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say (Mathhew 23:39)
References
- http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Acts/21
- http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/23
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/
Pronoun
gi
- you (nominative, plural)
- you (nominative, singular, informal)
Usage notes
This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.
Inflection
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| masc. | fem. | neut. | ||||||
| nominative | ic | du | hi | si | het | wi | gi | si |
| accusative | mi | di | hem, hen | haer | ons | u | hem, hen | |
| dative | hem, hen | |||||||
| genitive | mijn | dijn | sijn | haer | sijn | onse | uwe | haer |
Alternative forms
- ji
Descendants
- Dutch: gij, jij
- Afrikaans: jy
- Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
- Jersey Dutch: jāi
- Negerhollands: joe, ju
- Petjo: jij
- Limburgish: geer
Further reading
- “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
- gê, î, y, ie, jê
Etymology
From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝiː/
Pronoun
gî
- you, ye (nominative, plural)
Declension
Middle Low German personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
| 2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
| 3rd person singular | |||||
| m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
| n | it (et) | ||||
| f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
| 1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
| 2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
| 3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. | |||||
Descendants
- Low German: ji, jie
- Plautdietsch: jie
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiː/
gi (file)
Verb
gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
Derived terms
Terms derived from gi
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References
- “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)
- Alternative form of gje
Nupe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Verb
gí
- to eat
- to devour; to gnaw
Derived terms
- eyangíci (“food”)
- gigí (“eating”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Verb
gí
- to wear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Verb
gí
- to stand
- Synonym: gíkinni
Derived terms
- gíkinni (“to stand; to cease”)
- kinnigí (“standing”)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronoun
gī
- you (plural)
Alternative forms
- *gir (South-eastern)
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: gi
- Dutch: gij, jij
- Afrikaans: jy
- Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
- Jersey Dutch: jāi
- Negerhollands: joe, ju
- Petjo: jij
- Limburgish: geer
- Dutch: gij, jij
Further reading
- “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiː/
Adverb
ġī
- Alternative form of ġēa
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.
Pronoun
gī
- you (plural)
Declension
Old Saxon personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns | |||||
| Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
| Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
| Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
| Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
| Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
| Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
| Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
| Dative | |||||
| Genitive | unkero | inker, inka | - | - | - |
| Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
| Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
| Dative | ūs | im | |||
| Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro | ||
Descendants
- Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
- Low German: ji, jie
- Plautdietsch: jie
- Low German: ji, jie
Rawang
Alternative forms
- vgi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki˧/
Noun
gi
- dog.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
- (Surmiran) de
Etymology
From Latin diēs.
Noun
gi m (plural gis)
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English give.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/
Verb
gi
- to give
Preposition
gi
- to (indicates indirect object)
Sumerian
Romanization
gi
- Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian gi.
Noun
gi
- The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.
Usage notes
- If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French ji.
Noun
gi
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Synonyms
- ri
Welsh
Noun
gi m
- Soft mutation of ci.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| ci | gi | nghi | chi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Yoruba
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡí/
Noun
gí
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí