yi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yi"
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
yi
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Letter edit
yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
Etymology 2 edit
Letter edit
yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
- The Armenian letter Յ, յ.
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
yí
See also edit
Afar possessive determiners
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Cameroon Pidgin edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
yi
- 3rd person singular object personal pronoun
Usage notes edit
This is likely to have an animate referent, while the clitic -am is employed for an inanimate referent.
See also edit
Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns
Determiner edit
yi
- 3rd person singular possessive determiner
See also edit
Dama (Sierra Leone) edit
Noun edit
yi
- Alternative form of ji
Dazaga edit
Noun edit
yi
References edit
- Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur, Grammaire et textes teda-daza (1956)
- Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
yi
Lashi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ray, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rya-t. Cognates include Burmese ရယ် (rai) and Nuosu ꒉ (yy).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yi
- (intransitive) to laugh
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yi
- (intransitive) to go
- Sara jung hkyo yi bye. ― The teacher has gone to school.
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yi
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
yi
- Used to mark the plural of a noun depicting a human being.
- Hit mo jocang yi myócò nyit. ― There are many children here.
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 15,
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
yi
- Nonstandard spelling of yī.
- Nonstandard spelling of yí.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of yì.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English edit
Determiner edit
yi
- (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þi (“thy”)
Murrinh-Patha edit
Conjunction edit
yi
References edit
- Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From older *ye, from Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yi m (plural ièrs)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- à l'yi nu (“with the naked eye”)
- à veue dg'yi (“in sight”)
- aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis (“to have good eyesight”)
- aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre (“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”)
- aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut' (“to have a squint”)
- balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”)
- clyîn dg'yi (“wink”)
- coup d'yi (“glance”)
- dans un clyîn dg'yi (“in the wink of an eye”)
- d'la carre d'san yi (“out of the corner of one's eye”)
- entré quat's ièrs (“to one's face”)
- êt' tout à ièrs (“to be all eyes”)
- freunmer l'yi (“to have a nap”)
- ièrs dé boeu (“oxeye daisy”)
- lanchi eune pathe dg'ièrs (“to throw a glance”)
- mauvais yi (“evil eye”)
- par sus l's ièrs (“up to the eyeballs”)
- preunelle dé l'yi (“pupil”)
- sèrvi au dé et à l'yi (“to wait on hand and foot”)
- s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi (“to put one's foot in it”)
- tout à ièrs (“all eyes”)
- vaie d'la carre d'san yi (“to see out of the corner of one's eye”)
- yi nu (“naked eye”)
- yi pochi (“black eye”)
Related terms edit
- à pèrte dé veue (“out of sight”)
- apèrchévance (“glimpse”)
- aveuglier (“to blind”)
- aveugl'ye (“blind”)
- blyîntchi, clyinn'ter (“to blink”)
- clyîn (dg'yi) (“wink”)
- clyinn'téthie (“blinking”)
- connaître dé veue (“to know by sight”)
- èrgard (“look”)
- èrgarder (“to look”)
- faithe des ilyies (“give someone the eye”)
- faithe un clyîn, donner un clyîn (“to give a wink”)
- fixer (“to stare at”)
- forchi la veue (“to strain one's eyes”)
- lèrme (“tear”)
- leunettes d'solé (“sunglasses”)
- leunettes (“glasses”)
- longue-veue (“telescope”)
- n'pon dormi un clyîn (“not to sleep a wink”)
- paûpiéthe (“eyelid”)
- paûpil'ye (“eyelash”)
- plieuther (“to cry”)
- s'mither (“to look at oneself in the mirror”)
- soucile (“eyebrow”)
- vaie doubl'ye (“to see double”)
- vaie d'près (“to be shortsighted”)
- vaie d'travèrs, r'garder gare (“to squint”)
- vaie rouoge (“to see red”)
- vaie (“to see”)
- vèrre d'approche (“magnifying glass”)
- veue (“eyesight”)
Salar edit
Noun edit
yi
- Alternative form of yiy
Tedaga edit
Noun edit
yi
References edit
- Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur, Grammaire et textes teda-daza (1956)
- Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi
Toba edit
Noun edit
yi
References edit
- María Belén Carpio, Marisa Censabella (2012) “Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba”, in Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada Fernández, editors, Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas (in Toba), →ISBN
Wutunhua edit
10 | ||||
1 | 2 → [a], [b] | 10 → | ||
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Cardinal: yi, yi-zek Ordinal: di-yi, dangwo |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
yi
References edit
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yí
- The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
See also edit
- (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
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yí
- (transitive) to topple
- (intransitive) to be toppled
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yí
- (intransitive) to rotate
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yi
- (intransitive) to be tough