gi
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Japanese 着 (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)
- 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.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
NounEdit
gi
- Soft mutation of ki.
ChamorroEdit
PrepositionEdit
gi
CornishEdit
NounEdit
gi
- 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
NounEdit
gi (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)
- (archaic, Hinduism) ghee.
- Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega
Further readingEdit
- “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
See alsoEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
gi
LashiEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
gi
- Alternative form of ge
ParticleEdit
gi
- 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
- kava plant, Piper methysticum
- kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Further readingEdit
- p.526 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
MatalEdit
PronounEdit
gi
- 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 gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
gi
- you (nominative, plural)
- 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
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 gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
gî
DeclensionEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
DescendantsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)
- Alternative form of gje
NupeEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gí
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gí
- to wear
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gí
Derived termsEdit
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
PronounEdit
gī
- you (plural)
Alternative formsEdit
- *gir (South-eastern)
DescendantsEdit
- Middle Dutch: gi
Further readingEdit
- “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ġī
- 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
gī
- you (plural)
DeclensionEdit
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
DescendantsEdit
RawangEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gi
- dog.
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
gi m (plural gis)
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gi
- to give
PrepositionEdit
gi
- to (indicates indirect object)
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
gi
- Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Italian gi.
NounEdit
gi
- 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 gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
gi
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
SynonymsEdit
WelshEdit
NounEdit
gi m
- 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
NounEdit
gí
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.