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]

TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

ī (upper case Ī)

  1. The letter i with a macron.

Usage notesEdit

  • It is usually used to denote long "i" or the middle tone of "i".

See alsoEdit

Classical NahuatlEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ī

  1. (transitive) to drink

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ī

  1. Rōmaji transcription of イー

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
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 notesEdit

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).

See alsoEdit

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ī (upper case Ī)

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

See alsoEdit

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

LetterEdit

ī (upper case Ī)

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

See alsoEdit

VerbEdit

ī

  1. to ferment, to sour, to spoil

Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“easy; simple; not difficult”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“practice; study”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to participate”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“taro”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“fame; reputation; to praise”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“beforehand; to take part in; etc.”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see (“to appeal; to plead; to call”).
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)


For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see .
(This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

SymbolEdit

ī

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

Usage notesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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