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fi


fi U+FB01, fi
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI
← ff
[U+FB00] 		Alphabetic Presentation Forms fl →
[U+FB02]
See also: Fi, FI, fi-, .fi, fi., fí, and Appendix:Variations of "fi"

Translingual

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fi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Finnish.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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fi

  1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation

Noun

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fi (uncountable)

  1. (in combination) Abbreviation of fidelity. (e.g. in hi-fi, lo-fi, or wi-fi)
  2. (in combination) Abbreviation of fiction. (e.g. in sci-fi)
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

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fi

  1. (Jamaica) Alternative form of to
    • 2004, Deborah A. Thomas, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hul, Modern Blackness Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica:
      We shoulda try fi produce more and market the things we have better so we can buy the things we need fi buy
    • 2005, Sean Paul (lyrics and music), “Temperature”:
      I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
    • 2021, Maisy Card, These Ghosts Are Family, page 76:
      After the funeral you need fi find somewhere else fi live

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etymologically unrelated terms

References

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“fi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Bavarian

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Preposition

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fi

  1. Alternative form of fia
    Isch fi enk enkro Dialekt lai a Dialekt oddo an eigna Schprouche?
    Is your dialect just a dialect for you or is it a whole language?

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin filius.

Noun

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fi m (plural fis)

  1. son

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin fīnis. Compare Occitan fin, French fin, Italian fine.

Noun

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fi f (plural fins)

  1. finish; the end
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Etymology 2

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From the same source as the above (with similar occurrences in most Romance languages), or less likely, possibly originally from fidus, which also gave Old Occitan fi, phonetically.[1]

Adjective

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fi (feminine fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

  1. fine, thin
  2. soft, smooth
  3. sharp, keen
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Noun

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fi f (plural fis)

  1. phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ)

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References

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  1. ^ “fi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From French fi, Latin fī. Compare German pfui.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

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fi

  1. For shame!
    "Jes, mi frapis mian frateton kaj mi ne bedaŭras ĝin!" "Ho, fi!"
    "Yes, I hit my little brother and I'm not sorry about it!" "Oh, for shame!"
    Fi al vi! ― Shame on you!

Derived terms

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Fas

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Noun

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fi

  1. water

References

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  • ASJP, citing W. Baron, Kwomtari Survey (1983, SIL)

French

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Etymology

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Imitative.

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Interjection

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fi

  1. (archaic) faugh, fie, bah, pooh

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Further reading

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin fīlius.

Noun

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fi m (plural fis)

  1. son
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Haitian Creole

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Haitian Creole Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From French fille (“girl, daughter”).

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Noun

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fi

  1. girl
  2. daughter
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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See under fiú.

Noun

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fi (plural fiak)

  1. (archaic, today only in compounds) son, child, offspring (of a human or an animal)
    Synonym: fiú
  2. (archaic, today only in compounds) a smaller part of a building or a piece of furniture, cf. fiók (“drawer”)
Declension
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The accusative and the plural form can also be fiat and fiak, respectively, although fit, fik (the shorter versions) are more usual here.[1]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fi fik
accusative fit fikat
dative finak fiknak
instrumental fival fikkal
causal-final fiért fikért
translative fivá fikká
terminative fiig fikig
essive-formal fiként fikként
essive-modal — —
inessive fiban fikban
superessive fin fikon
adessive finál fiknál
illative fiba fikba
sublative fira fikra
allative fihoz fikhoz
elative fiból fikból
delative firól fikról
ablative fitól fiktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		fié fiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		fiéi fikéi
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fi fiak
accusative fiat fiakat
dative finak fiaknak
instrumental fival fiakkal
causal-final fiért fiakért
translative fivá fiakká
terminative fiig fiakig
essive-formal fiként fiakként
essive-modal — —
inessive fiban fiakban
superessive fin fiakon
adessive finál fiaknál
illative fiba fiakba
sublative fira fiakra
allative fihoz fiakhoz
elative fiból fiakból
delative firól fiakról
ablative fitól fiaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		fié fiaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		fiéi fiakéi

The possessive-suffixed forms can also be fim etc., although the fiam etc. forms (the longer versions) are more usual here.[1]

Possessive forms of fi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fiam fiaim
2nd person sing. fiad fiaid
3rd person sing. fia fiai
1st person plural fiunk fiaink
2nd person plural fiatok fiaitok
3rd person plural fiuk fiaik
Possessive forms of fi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fim fiaim
2nd person sing. fid fiaid
3rd person sing. fija fiai
1st person plural fink fiaink
2nd person plural fitok fiaitok
3rd person plural fijuk fiaik
Derived terms
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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

Etymology 2

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Interjection

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fi

  1. (rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)
    Synonyms: fuj, pfuj

Etymology 3

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From Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Noun

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fi (plural fik) (the plural form is rare)

  1. Phi; the Greek letter Φ (lowercase φ).
Declension
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(suffixed forms are rare)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fi fik
accusative fit fiket
dative finek fiknek
instrumental fivel fikkel
causal-final fiért fikért
translative fivé fikké
terminative fiig fikig
essive-formal fiként fikként
essive-modal — —
inessive fiben fikben
superessive fin fiken
adessive finél fiknél
illative fibe fikbe
sublative fire fikre
allative fihez fikhez
elative fiből fikből
delative firől fikről
ablative fitől fiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		fié fiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		fiéi fikéi

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Inflected forms

Further reading

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  • (son): fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (yuck): fi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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From English for to.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪ/
  • Hyphenation: fi

Preposition

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fi

  1. for
    Mi head a hot mi. Yuh have supn can gimme fi it?
    I have a headache. Can you give me something for the pain?
    • 2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat, →ISBN:
      “A wanda how dem come fi tink dat di trial a di pastor is a fittin event fi a pikni witness. […] ”
      I asked myself how they could possibly think that the pastor's trial would be an appropriate event for children to see. […]
  2. (+ infinitive) to
    Wi wah fi know wah gwaan.
    We want to know what's going on.
    • 2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat, →ISBN:
      “Me look up to di platform and see about eight wooden chairs up deh. Me eyeball dem fi see which wan a dem me kuda move because some a dem carve outa solid wood and look well heavy. […] ”
      I looked up at the platform and saw about eight wooden chairs up there. I studied them to see which one I could move because some of them were made of solid wood and looked extremely heavy. […]
  3. (interrogative) (+ infinitive) can
    How dem fi do dat?
    How can they do a thing like that?
    • 2018, Shelley Sykes-Coley, Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations, →ISBN:
      “How unnu fi walk an' nyam, an' litter di street?
      Mi jus' cyaan andastan' how unno fi dweet. […] ”
      How can you walk and eat, and throw litter in the street?
      I just can't understand how you can do it. […]
  4. (+ infinitive) should
    Im fi tap it. It a guh mash 'im up.
    He/She should stop doing that. It's going to wreck him/her.
    • 2013, Selvin McRae, The Guilty Truth Revealed, →ISBN, page 108:
      “Mi pickney unnu fi look n love nuff money
      Horse pon track cah gallop without money […] ”
      My children, you should seek and desire a lot of money
      A horse on a track can't race without money […]

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  1. ^ Larry Chang (2014) Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Chuu Wod, →ISBN, page 24

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Japanese

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Romanization

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fi

  1. The katakana syllable フィ (fi) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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fī

  1. pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust
    Fi, fi fetet!
    Pah, it stinks!

Descendants

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  • English: fy, fie
  • Esperanto: fi

Verb

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fī

  1. second-person singular present passive imperative of faciō

References

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  • “fi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fee.

Noun

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fi (Jawi spelling في, plural fi-fi, informal 1st possessive fiku, 2nd possessive fimu, 3rd possessive finya)

  1. fee
    Synonyms: yuran, caj

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Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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fi

  1. Alternative form of f’: used before a consonant cluster

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fi n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative spelling of phi

Further reading

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  • fi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

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fi m (plural fis)

  1. phi (name of the Greek letter Φ)

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin sum. The citation form and the f- conjugations come from Vulgar Latin *fīre < Latin fierī (“become”). Compare Aromanian hiu.

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Verb

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a fi (third-person singular present este or e, past participle fost) 4th conj.

  1. (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
    Ea este frumoasă. ― She is beautiful.
    Aceasta este o casă. ― This is a house.
  2. (with a predicate adjective and an indirect object) to feel (to experience a certain condition)
    Îmi e frig. ― I feel cold. (literally, “To me it is cold.”)
    Îmi este rău. ― I feel sick.
  3. to be it in a game of tag
    Leapșa, tu ești! ― Tag, you're it!

Usage notes

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  • One can also use e as an informal variant of the third-person singular present tense, este.
  • The second entries in the simple perfect row represent the informal variants.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fi (fourth conjugation)
infinitive a fi
gerund fiind
past participle fost
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present sunt ești este, e suntem sunteți sunt
imperfect eram erai era eram erați erau
simple perfect fusei, fui fuseși, fuși fuse, fu fuserăm, furăm fuserăți, furăți fuseră, fură
pluperfect fusesem fuseseși fusese fuseserăm fuseserăți fuseseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să fiu să fii să fie să fim să fiți să fie
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative fii fiți
negative nu fi nu fiți

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

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fi m

  1. (Surmiran) fire

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfi/ [ˈfi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: fi

Noun

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fi f (plural fíes)

  1. phi; the Greek letter Φ, φ

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Shortening of fienden (“the enemy”).

Noun

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fi

  1. Only used in lede fi

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic فِي (fī)

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Preposition

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fi

  1. (archaic) Archaic preposition meaning at, often used with prices or dates.

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(A surviving fixed expression is"fi tarihinde".Please clarify, if it means at an unspecified earlier date or at an aforementioned date)

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronoun

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fi

  1. I, me
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  • i (“I, me”)
  • mi (“I, me”)

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Noun

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fi f (plural fiau, not mutable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

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West Makian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-North Halmahera *kahi (“skin”).

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Noun

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fi

  1. skin
    ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)
  2. bark
    fete de fi ― tree bark
  3. shell
    laia de fi ― shellfish shell

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fi

  1. to come up (from below)

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fí/

Noun

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fí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fi/

Verb

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fi

  1. (auxiliary verb) to use something to do something else (must be used with another verb)
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This verb cannot be used on its own with an object and must be used with a second verb to show purpose. In the case of simply using an object without any purpose, lò must be used instead.

  1. "Mo fi ṣíbí jẹ ìrẹsì." – I used a spoon to eat rice. (uses a second verb, jẹ, along with fi)
  2. "Mo lo ṣíbí." – I used a spoon. (uses lò, changed to lo before an object noun, since there's no second verb for purpose)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fí/

Verb

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fí

  1. (transitive) to swing
  2. (transitive) to swirl, to centrifuge
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