EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Japanese (gi, clothing); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, judo uniform) or 空手着 (karategi, karate uniform).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gi (plural gis or gi)

  1. A martial arts uniform.
    • 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
      By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle []
    • 2022 September 20, Danya Hajjaji, “‘Really nice guy’: Tom Hardy surprises competitors with entry and victory in martial arts contest”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue gi, subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.

AnagramsEdit

BretonEdit

NounEdit

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

ChamorroEdit

PrepositionEdit

gi

  1. at
  2. in
  3. on

CornishEdit

NounEdit

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی‎, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡi]
  • Hyphenation: gi

NounEdit

gi (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)

  1. (archaic, Hinduism) ghee.
    Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin (the name of the letter G).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification:

NounEdit

gi f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee

See alsoEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

gi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

LashiEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gi

  1. Alternative form of ge

ParticleEdit

gi

  1. turns the preceding word into a nominative

ReferencesEdit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Lo-TogaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, doublet of *wakaʀ (root).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gi

  1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
  2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

Further readingEdit

MatalEdit

PronounEdit

gi

  1. I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
    Gi zil Yahudiya, tayyà gi à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, gi bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39).[1]
    I [am] a Jewish man, I was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, I [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)
    Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw gi aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39).[2]
    For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say (Mathhew 23:39)

ReferencesEdit

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch , from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

gi

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

Usage notesEdit

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

InflectionEdit

Alternative formsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: gij, jij
    • Afrikaans: jy
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
    • Jersey Dutch: jāi
    • Negerhollands: joe, ju
    • Petjo: jij
  • Limburgish: geer

Further readingEdit

  • ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Saxon , from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

  1. you, ye (nominative, plural)

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /jiː/
  • (file)

VerbEdit

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of gje

NupeEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to eat
  2. to devour; to gnaw
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to wear

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to stand
    Synonym: gíkinni
Derived termsEdit

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

PronounEdit

  1. you (plural)

Alternative formsEdit

  • *gir (South-eastern)

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ġī

  1. Alternative form of ġēa

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.

PronounEdit

  1. you (plural)

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

RawangEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gi

  1. dog.

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Latin diēs.

NounEdit

gi m (plural gis)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English give.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

gi

  1. to give

PrepositionEdit

gi

  1. to (indicates indirect object)

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

gi

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Italian gi.

NounEdit

gi

  1. The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.
Usage notesEdit
  • If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use , gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French ji.

NounEdit

gi

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.
SynonymsEdit

WelshEdit

NounEdit

gi m

  1. Soft mutation of ci.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ci gi nghi chi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ɡí/

NounEdit

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

See alsoEdit