ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Translingual

Symbol

ji

(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Yiddish.
Synonym: yi (current)

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈji/

Verb

ji!

second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

Etymology

Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun

ji

worm

References

Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

Noun

ji

water

Derived terms

ɲέ-ji (“tears”, literally “eye-water”)
dá-ji (“saliva”, literally “mouth-water”)
jidaga (“water-jug”)

References

Andrea Hollington, Traveling Conceptualizations (2015, →ISBN, page 105: Bambara ɲέ-ji eye-water 'tears'
V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009) (with accent)

Cornish

Noun

ji

Soft mutation of chi.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈjɪ]

Pronoun

ji f

accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Alternative forms

yi

Etymology

Cognate with Vai ꕀ (jí) and Kono (Sierra Leone) yí.

Noun

ji

water

References

Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒi/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -i

Noun

ji m (plural jis)

jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Gun

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒì/

Verb

jì

to sing

Derived terms

jì hàn (“to sing song”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒi/
IPA^(key): /ʒy/

Noun

ji

juice

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(d)ʒí/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ́]

Verb

ji (grade Ø)

to hear
to understand
to listen
to feel, taste, smell
to injure, cause to feel

Related terms

jiye

References

Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

Japanese

Romanization

ji

Rōmaji transcription of じ
Rōmaji transcription of ぢ
Rōmaji transcription of ジ
Rōmaji transcription of ヂ

Jenaama Bozo

Noun

ji

water

References

V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jɪ]

Pronoun

ji f

(third-person feminine singular) she

Declension

declension of ji

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	jì	jiẽdvi	jõs
genitive	jõs	jų̃dviejų	jų̃
dative	jái	jõdviem	jóms
accusative	ją̃	jiẽdvi	jàs
instrumental	jà	jõdviem	jomìs
locative	jojè	jiẽdviese	josè

Synonyms

jinai (colloquial)

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *m-je¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꐴ (njip).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʃi³³]

Noun

ji

(Yao'an) root

Mandarin

Romanization

ji

Nonstandard spelling of jī.
Nonstandard spelling of jí.
Nonstandard spelling of jǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of jì.

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.

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hʷi]

Noun

ji (possessed jiyü)

older brother (of a woman)
older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 62–65, 72

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

jí, jì, i, ghì

Etymology

From Latin eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri, Spanish ir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ji]

Verb

ji

to go

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *Hača. Cognate with Persian ‎ (az).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʒɪ]

Preposition

ji

of
from

Derived terms

ji alî
ji bo
ji ... re

Occitan

Noun

ji f (plural jis)

jay (the letter j, J)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

jī

you (plural)

Inflection

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

North Frisian: jam, i (Sylt)
Saterland Frisian: jie
West Frisian: jim, jimme

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ji

Noun

ji f (plural jíes)

chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Prefix

ji

Marks a verb's object as reflexive.
ninajiona
I see myself

Western Dani

Etymology

Klamer notes that "Western Dani shares a handful of look-alikes with the TAP languages", including this word (compare proto-TAP *jira "water").

Noun

ji

water

References

Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒí/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒī/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒì/

Noun

jí

The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Particle

jí

(intransitive) to wake up
(transitive) to wake somebody up

Derived terms

jíjí

Verb

ji

(transitive) to move gently

Verb

jì

(intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

Verb

jí

to steal
Synonym: lè (obsolete)

Derived terms

ojí (“thief”)

Zarma

Noun

ji

oil

References

David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)

Zou

Noun

ji

spouse

References

http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf