gi

See also Gi, GI, G.I., .gi, gì, and ĝi

English

Etymology

From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdoji, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karateji, “karate uniform”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡiː/, X-SAMPA: /gi:/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: ghee

Noun

gi (plural gis)

1. A martial arts uniform.

Anagrams

• Ig

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Chamorro

Preposition

gi

1. at
2. in
3. on

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Greenlandic

Affix

gi

1. have as (temporary use or possession)

   e.g. illugisara

   My house for the time being.

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Japanese

Romanization

gi

1. See ぎ
2. See ギ

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Lojban

Cmavo

gi

1. (conjunction) Introduces the second clause or phrase connected by a coordinating conjunction.

   ge tcadu gi foldi

   both town and field

2. (appended to another cmavo) Converts a non-logical conjunction into a coordinating conjunction.

   joigi bemro gi ketco

   North American and South American together

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• ghi

Etymology

From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

Pronoun

gi

1. you (nominative, plural)
2. you (nominative, singular, informal)

Declension

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

Usage notes

This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.

Descendants

• Dutch: gij

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

• gi

  (file)

Verb

gi

1. give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gi (present tense gir; past tense gav; past participle gitt; passive infinitive givast; present participle givande; imperative gi)

1. Alternative form of gje.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Descendants

• Dutch: gij, jij

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronoun declensions

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	sīu	it
Accusative	mī, mik	thī, thik	ina	sīa
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkaro	inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī	gī	sīa	sīa	sīu
Accusative	ūs	īu, gīu
Dative			im
Genitive	ūsar	īuwar, gīuwar	iro

Descendants

• Low German: ji

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
• (Surmiran) de

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

gi m (plural gis)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

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Welsh

Noun

gi

1. Mutated form of ci.