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 edit

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ī

  1. (phonetics) A common transcription for a long vowel i
  2. (international standards) transliterates Indic (or equivalent).

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ī

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PRICE vowel

Classical Nahuatl edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ī

  1. (transitive) to drink

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“easy; simple; not difficult”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“practice; study”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to participate”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“taro”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“fame; reputation; to praise”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“beforehand, in advance; to take part in; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to appeal; to plead; to call”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see .
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

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Romanization edit

ī

  1. Rōmaji transcription of イー

Khiamniungan Naga edit

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ī

  1. (Patsho, transitive) to divert water course from the main waterbody.

Latvian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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.

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Ī

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

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

Usage notes edit

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).

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Livonian edit

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ī (upper case Ī)

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

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Maori edit

Etymology edit

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

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ī (upper case Ī)

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

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Verb edit

ī

  1. to ferment, to sour, to spoil

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

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

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ī

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

Usage notes edit

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

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References edit

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