ī

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

ī	U+012B, ī LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON

Composition:

i [U+0069] + ◌̄ [U+0304]

← Ī
[U+012A]

Latin Extended-A

Ĭ →
[U+012C]

Translingual

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The letter i with a macron.

Usage notes

It is usually used to denote long "i" or the middle tone of "i".

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/

Verb

ī

(transitive) to drink

Japanese

Romanization

ī

Rōmaji transcription of イー

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iː]

Letter

Ī

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The fourteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Maori

Etymology

Cognate with Hawaiian ʻīʻī (“rancid, sour, moldy”).

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The seventh letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Verb

ī

to ferment, to sour, to spoil

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 伊 (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 奕 (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 奕.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 易 (“easy; simple; not difficult”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 易.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 異.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 肄 (“practice; study”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肄.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 與 (“to participate”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 與.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 芋 (“taro”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 芋.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 譽 (“fame; reputation; to praise”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 譽.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豫.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 預 (“beforehand; to take part in; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 預.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 籲.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 漪. (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漪.)

Slovene

Etymology

Letter a with macron (◌̄) to signify presence of both pitches.

Pronunciation

(phonemes) Pronunciation of ī (ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, [ˈɪː], SNPT: /í/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Symbol

ī

(tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [iː] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

References

Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN