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See also: I and Appendix:Variations of "i"

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TranslingualEdit

Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER I
Unicode block Basic Latin
Codepoint U+0069
 h ← Basic Latin → j 
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Wikipedia

Etymology 1Edit

Lower case variation of upper case I, from Ancient Greek letter Ι ‎(I, “Iota”).

LetterEdit

i lower case (upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

i lower case (upper case İ)

  1. The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See alsoEdit

Derived symbols

Similar and related symbols

Etymology 2Edit

  • (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
  • (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index

PronunciationEdit

SymbolEdit

Wikipedia

i

  1. (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  2. (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  3. (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  4. (IPA, romanization) close front unrounded vowel.
SynonymsEdit
  • (mathematics: imaginary unit): j
  • (computer programming, common variable name representing a generic index): j

Etymology 3Edit

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

Alternative formsEdit

NumeralEdit

i ‎(lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

  1. cardinal number one.

See alsoEdit

See alsoEdit

Other representations of I:

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin i, minuscule of I

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I, plural i's)

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
Usage notesEdit

The English letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from Middle English /iː/), as in the pronoun I, or /ɪ/ as in bit.

NumberEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

i ‎(plural ies)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
    • the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
    • i-mutation, i-umlaut
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English ic.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. nonstandard capitalization of I
Usage notesEdit
  • Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.

AdangmeEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. I
    I suɔ mo.
    I love you.

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

ArticleEdit

i

  1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

See alsoEdit

forms of the adjectival articles
masculine
(gjinia mashkullore)		 feminine
(gjinia femërore)		 plural
(numri shumës)
indefinite
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite
(trajta të shquara)		 indefinite
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite
(trajta të shquara)		 indefinite
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite
(trajta të shquara)
nominative
(emërore)		 i i e e të e
accusative
(kallëzore)		 të e të e të e
genitive, dative and ablative
(gjinore, dhanore dhe rrjedhore)		 të të të së të të
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.

Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.

AmaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. tooth

ArawetéEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

AruáEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

AzeriEdit

LetterEdit

i lower case (upper case İ)

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

See alsoEdit

BambaraEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)

BislamaEdit

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

BorôroEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. tree

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

i f ‎(plural is)

  1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin et ‎(“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to.
    Hi ha moltes colomes i teuladins — There are many pigeons and sparrows.
    Ella escriu els articles i ell els il·lustra amb els seus dibuixos — She writes the articles and he illustrates them with his drawings.
Derived termsEdit

ChuukeseEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. him
  2. her
  3. it

Related termsEdit

Chuukese personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ngaang, nganga, ngang áám, am (exclusive)
kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person een, en áámi, ami
3rd person iiy, i iir, ir

Classical NahuatlEdit

VerbEdit

i ‎(transitive)

  1. to drink

CornishEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. they

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and (also), and even
  2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)
    I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech. - Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

SynonymsEdit

  • (Moravian dialect) aj, aji

Derived termsEdit

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille. Compare Italian i, gli.

ArticleEdit

i m (plural)

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Related termsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -i

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, inside

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: h
  • Next letter: j

ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with Swedish i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /i/

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i ‎(accusative singular i-on, plural i-oj, accusative plural i-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

See alsoEdit

ExtremaduranEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

FalaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese e, from Latin et ‎(“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and (expressing two elements to be taken together)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]
      The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

DeclensionEdit

n4 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative i iið i iini
Accusative i iið i iini
Dative i(i) inum ium iunum
Genitive is isins ia ianna

See alsoEdit

FoiEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. eye
  2. seventeen
  3. twenty-one

FriulianEdit

Friulian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
l'		 i
feminine  la
l'		 lis

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illi.

ArticleEdit

i m pl ‎(singular il)

  1. the

PronounEdit

i ‎(third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

  1. to him
  2. to her

See alsoEdit

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object
    Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.
    The cat eats/ate the mouse.
  2. used to indicate past tense (precedes verb)
    I hana au.
    I worked.
  3. used to indicate perfect participle (precedes verb)
    i haʻalele
    having left, who had left

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, at
  2. (indicating destination) to

See alsoEdit

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (‘your pl’), before dhá (‘two’), before titles of books, films, and the like, and before foreign words that resist mutation)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish i, from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν ‎(en)).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i ‎(plus dative, triggers eclipsis, before the definite article ins)

  1. in

InflectionEdit

Inflection of i
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. ionam ionamsa
2d person sing. ionat ionatsa
3d sing. masc. ann annsan
3d sing. fem. inti intise
1st person pl. ionainn ionainne
2d person pl. ionaibh ionaibhse
3d person pl. iontu iontusan

Derived termsEdit

Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an ‎(“the sg”) na ‎(“the pl”) mo ‎(“my”) do ‎(“your”) a ‎(“his, her, their; which (present)”) ár ‎(“our”) ar ‎(“which (past)”) (before consonant) (present/future before vowel) (past/conditional before vowel)
de ‎(“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do ‎(“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi ‎(“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i ‎(“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le ‎(“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó ‎(“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí ‎(“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh
*Dialectal.

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Reduced form of gli.[1]

ArticleEdit

Italian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
lo		 i
gli
feminine  la le

i m pl ‎(singular il)

  1. the (see the usage notes)
Usage notesEdit
  • i is used before masculine plural words beginning with a single consonant other than x or z, or the plural noun dei; gli is used before masculine plural words beginning with a vowel, x, z, gn, or multiple consonants including pn, ps, and s+consonant, and before the plural noun dei.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

i f, m ‎(invariable)

  1. I or i, the letter I or i
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page 126

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

i

  1. rōmaji reading of い
  2. rōmaji reading of イ

LadinEdit

ArticleEdit

i m ‎(plural)

  1. the

See alsoEdit

LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

i ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי)

  1. and
  2. too

LatgalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortened from an older Baltic form *ir, which is preserved in Lithuanian as ir (with the same meaning).

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and, as well as, in addition to

ParticleEdit

i

  1. too, also

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology Scriptorium.

NounEdit

ī ‎(indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter I.
Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • I in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • i in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2Edit

This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology Scriptorium.

VerbEdit

ī

  1. go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō
    I intro iam nunc.‎ ― Now then, go in.

LatvianEdit

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia lv

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

I

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

See alsoEdit

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(upper case I)

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

See alsoEdit


LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

i

  1. Alternative form of .i: separates sentences
  2. Separates clauses in a sentence, when combined with a conjunction of selma'o ja, joi, or bi'i or a preposition or tense marker followed by bo.

Lower Grand Valley DaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
  • H. Myron Bromley, The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani (2013)
  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, ISBN 0521286212)

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MandinkaEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)
    as i busa — he/she struck you.

See alsoEdit

Mandinka personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person nte, n, m ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person ite, i altolu, altelu, al
3rd person ate, a itolu, itelu, y

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. from
  2. (past-tense verbal particle)
  3. (particle indicating the direct object of a transitive sentence)
  4. (past-tense particle indicating location)

Middle Low GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

î

  1. Alternative form of gî.

MirandeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and

MondéEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

NavajoEdit

LetterEdit

I i

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    i = /ɪ˨/
    į = /ɪ̃˨/
    í = /ɪ˥/
    į́ = /ɪ̃˥/
    ii = /iː˨˨/
    įį = /ĩː˨˨/
    íi = /iː˥˨/
    į́į = /ĩː˥˨/
    ií = /iː˨˥/
    įį́ = /ĩː˨˥/
    íí = /iː˥˥/
    į́į́ = /ĩː˥˥/

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

i

  1. to go

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ego.

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ije

PronounEdit

i

  1. I: the first-person singular nominative personal pronoun.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /iː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /iː/, /i/, /ɪ/

LetterEdit

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. (location) in, inside of
    Ligge i sengen
    Laying in bed
    Oppe i fjellene
    Up in the mountains
  2. (duration of time) for, in, during
    Møtet varte (i) to timer
    The meeting lasted (lit. went during) two hours
    Han var utenlands i mange år
    He lived abroad for many years
    I høst, i vår, i dag, i går
    In autumn, in spring, today, yesterday
  3. (condition, state) in
    Være i fred
    To be in peace
    Være i god stand
    To be in shape (physically fit)
    Leve i fattigdom
    To live in poverty
  4. (means, method) in
    Betale i gull
    To pay in gold.
    Gjøre noe i all hast
    To do something urgently (lit. in all haste)
    i hemmelighet
    in secret
  5. pertaining to, in reference to
    I deg har jeg en sann venn.
    In you I have a true friend.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in, inside of
    No er me i Noreg.
    We are currently in Norway.
  2. for, in, during
  3. in (condition, state)
  4. in (means, method)
  5. Pertaining to, in reference to

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin hīc.

AdverbEdit

i

  1. there
    • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
      Et grant compagnie i a d'omes
      And there is a large company of men

DescendantsEdit

  • French: y

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν ‎(en)).

PrepositionEdit

i (triggers eclipsis)

  1. in (with dative)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
      Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.
      It is in the person of Christ that I do that.
  2. into (with accusative)

Derived termsEdit

Combinations with the definite article
  • isin (accusative/dative masculine/feminine singular)
  • issa (accusative neuter singular)
  • isind (dative singular)
  • isna (accusative plural)
  • isnaib (dative plural)
Combinations with possessive determiners
  • ím (1st person singular)
  • inna, na (3rd person)
Combinations with object pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1 indium, indiumm indiunn
2 indiut indib
3 masc./neut. dat. and indib
3 fem. dat. indi
3 masc./neut. acc. ind intiu
3 fem. acc. inte

Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin hīc.

AdverbEdit

i

  1. there
    • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour — Anc no gardei sazo ni mes
      E las melhors domnas i son !
      And the best women are there!

DescendantsEdit

  • Occitan: i

PaicîEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. louse

ReferencesEdit

  • Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

PijinEdit

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and
    Adam i Ewa tylko zjedli jabłko — Adam and Eve only ate an apple.
    Patrzę na nią i oczom nie wierzę — I look at her and can't believe my eyes.

External linksEdit

  • i in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Audio (BR)
    		(file)
  • Homophone: e (some accents)

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i m (plural is)

  1. i (name of the letter I, i)

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. relational particle that marks the object of a verb

Usage notesEdit

Used in all cases except with verbs of sensing; in which case, use e.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. at
  2. in

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(lowercase, capital I)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Generally representing the phoneme /i/. Preceded by h and followed by î.

Usage notesEdit

See I for notes on pronunciation.

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

ParticleEdit

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. (indicating destination) to

Sathmar SwabianEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. I

ReferencesEdit

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

SaviEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Kendall D. Decker Languages of Chitral )1992), Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 5. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics xxii, page 185

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. she
  2. her
  3. (referring to a feminine noun) it

Related termsEdit

  • ise (emphatic)

See alsoEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. The 13th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by h and followed by j.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. and
    Ivica i Marica se vole — Ivica and Marica love each other.
    i tako dalje — and so on
  2. (i..i..) both..and..
    ne možeš istovremeno i tužiti i suditi. — you can't simultaneously both sue and judge
  3. also, too
    i meni se sviđa vaš odabir — I like your choice too
  4. even (usually preceded by čȁk)
    (čak) i ja sam pozvan na zabavu! — even I have been invited to the party
  5. (ne sȁmo .. nȅgo/vȅć i...) also, too
    on je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv — he is not only talented, but also very industrious
  6. so, so that (= te, pa)
    umorio sam se i nisam mogao više igrati košarku — I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

SilimoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

SirionóEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(upper case I)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. and
  2. as well as

Derived termsEdit

External linksEdit

  • i in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Phoneme): IPA(key): /i/, /j/
  • (Letter name): IPA(key): /i/
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Etymology 1Edit

Directly from Latin

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

i f ‎(plural íes)

  1. Name of the letter I.

SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Reduced form of Latin et; compare Italian e, Old French e, etc.

Alternative formsEdit

  • (modern) y

ConjunctionEdit

i

  1. (archaic) and

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

i ‎(verb particle)

  1. used to signify that an action is done with intensity
Derived termsEdit

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in; located inside
  2. in; specifies a place, a region or a country
    Kim bor i Stockholm, som ligger i Sverige.
    Kim lives in Stockholm which lies in Sweden.
  3. (about time) to; before a full hour
    Klockan tjugo i elva gick slutligen jag hem.
    At twenty to eleven I finally went home.
  4. (about time) for; duration
    Jag sover i flera timmar.
    I sleep for several hours.
  5. (in various constructions) last, previous
    i måndags
    last Monday
    i julas
    last Christmas
Derived termsEdit
Usage notesEdit

In definition 4, (last, previous) the following noun gets a suffix -s (weekdays: i måndags) or -as (seasons: i höstas, certain holidays, e.g. jul, midsommar, påsk, pingst). Other holidays instead use förra, senaste, sista, e.g. förra nyåret.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

from Proto-Germanic *ek

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. (pitemål) I

ReferencesEdit

  • i in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. at
  2. in

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from English is

ParticleEdit

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):
      Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.
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TonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. in

TupinambáEdit

PronounEdit

i

  1. He, she, it, they (with descriptive verbs)
    i porang (he/she/it is / they are beautiful)
  2. Him, her, it, them (with transitive verbs)
    a-i-kuab (i know him/her/it/them)
  3. His, her, its, their (with nouns)
    i py (his/her/its/their foot/feet)
  4. Him, her, it, them (before postpositions)
    i xupé (to him/her/it/them)

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

i ‎(lower case, upper case İ)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter İ/i.

See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/, /iː/

LetterEdit

i ‎(upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French i or Portuguese i

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

SynonymsEdit

VolapükEdit

AdverbEdit

i

  1. also
  2. too

WalloonEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Classical Latin ille.

PronounEdit

i

  1. he
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Vulgar Latin illos, used in place of the missing third-person pronoun, from Latin illos, accusative plural of ille.

PronounEdit

i

  1. they
Related termsEdit

WanoEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥(m)é ~ me ‎(“me”).

PronounEdit

i

  1. I, me
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Celtic *de, *to ‎(“to”), related to Breton da ‎(“to, for”), Cornish dhe ‎(“to, for”), Irish do ‎(“to, for”).

PrepositionEdit

i

  1. to, for
    Mae’r jem i Siân.‎
    The jewel’s for Siân.
  2. that
    Maen nhw’n dweud iddi hi yfed gormod o gwrw.‎
    They say that she drank too much beer.
InflectionEdit
Personal forms
Singular Plural
First person i mi, i fi, im, imi i ni, in, inni
Second person i ti, it, iti i chi, iwch, ichwi
Third person iddo (ef) m
iddi (hi) f		 iddynt, iddyn nhw
See alsoEdit
Usage notesEdit
  • i is used to mean ‘that’ with verbs originally in the preterite tense. The subject moves to the front of the subordinate clause, directly following i, and the verb changes back to its verbal noun form.
Derived termsEdit

White LachiEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Weera Ostapirat, Proto-Kra, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23(1) (2000) (as ʔi) (see ASJP)
  1. ^ Tai-Kadai 100-wordlists, compiled by Ilya Peiros
  2. ^ Jerold A. Edmondson, kenneth J. Gregerson, Outlying Kam-Tai, in Mon-Khmer Studies 27
  3. ^ ABVD, citing Li Yunbing [李云兵], A Study of Lachi [拉基语硏究 / Laji yu yan jiu] (Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she, 2000)
  4. ^ ABVD, citing Ryuichi Kosaka [小坂, 隆一], A descriptive study of the Lachi language: syntactic description, historical reconstruction and genetic relation (2000, PhD dissertation, Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

YuquiEdit

NounEdit

i

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Perry N. Priest, A contribution to comparative studies in the Guaraní linguistic family, Language Sciences 9(1): 17-20, page 18 (1987)
  • L. Villafañe, Gramática Yuki. Lengua Tupí-Guaraní de Bolivia (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ediciones del Rectorado, 2004), page 302
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