གི
See also: ཀ and ག
Tibetan
Etymology
Maybe related to Chinese 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ɡi/
- Lhasa: /kiˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ɡi/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: gi
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kiˑ/
Particle
གི • (gi)
- One of the five genitive particles, used after ག (ga) or ང (nga).
Usage notes
The five genitive particles are: འི ('i) (after vowels), ཡི (yi) (after vowels), གི (gi) (after -g or -ng), ཀྱི (kyi) (after -d, -b, -s) and གྱི (gyi) (after -n, -m, -r, -l).
The last three are usually pronounced identically in Lhasa Tibetan, and may be all written as གི (gi).