Wiktionary

ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

ji

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Yiddish.
    Synonym: yi (current)

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ji!

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

AtanquesEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Cogui zĩ.

NounEdit

ji

  1. worm

ReferencesEdit

  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

BambaraEdit

NounEdit

ji

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  1. water

Derived termsEdit

  • ɲέ-ji (“tears”, literally “eye-water”)
  • dá-ji (“saliva”, literally “mouth-water”)
  • jidaga (“water-jug”)

ReferencesEdit

CornishEdit

NounEdit

ji

  1. Soft mutation of chi.

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ji f

  1. accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone)Edit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Vai ꕀ (jí) and Kono (Sierra Leone) yí.

NounEdit

ji

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʒi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -i

NounEdit

ji m (plural jis)

  1. jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J.

GunEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

jì

  1. to sing

Derived termsEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French jus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ji

  1. juice

HausaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒí/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ́]

VerbEdit

ji (grade Ø)

  1. to hear
  2. to understand
  3. to listen
  4. to feel, taste, smell
  5. to injure, cause to feel

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ぢ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ジ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヂ

Jenaama BozoEdit

NounEdit

ji

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

DeclensionEdit

declension of ji
singular dual plural
nominative jì jiẽdvi jõs
genitive jõs jų̃dviejų jų̃
dative jái jõdviem jóms
accusative ją̃ jiẽdvi jàs
instrumental jà jõdviem jomìs
locative jojè jiẽdviese josè

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

Lithuanian personal pronouns
singular (vienaskaita) dual (dviskaita) plural (daugiskaita) reflexive
(sangrąžiniai)
1st person
(pirmasis asmuo) 		2nd person
(antrasis asmuo) 		3rd person
(trečiasis asmuo) 		1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f m f m f m f m f
nominative
(vardininkas) 		àš tù jìs,
jisaĩ 		jì,
jinaĩ 		mùdu mùdvi jùdu jùdvi juõdu,
jiẽdu 		jiẽdvi mẽs jū̃s jiẽ jõs -
genitive
(kilmininkas) 		manę̃s tavę̃s jõ jõs mùdviejų jùdviejų jų̃dviejų mū́sų jū́sų jų̃ savę̃s
dative
(naudininkas) 		mán táu jám jái mùdviem jùdviem jõdviem mùms jùms jíems jóms sáu
accusative
(galininkas) 		manè tavè jį̃ ją̃ mùdu mùdvi jùdu jùdvi juõdu jiẽdvi mùs jùs juõs jàs savè
instrumental
(įnagininkas) 		manimì, manim̃ tavimì, tavim̃ juõ jà mùdviem jùdviem jõdviem mumìs jumìs jaĩs jomìs savimì,
savim̃
locative
(vietininkas) 		manyjè, manỹ tavyjè, tavỹ jamè jojè mùdviese jùdviese jiẽdviese mumysè jumysè juosè josè savyjè,
savỹ
possessive
(savybiniai) 		màno tàvo jõ jõs mùdviejų jùdviejų jų̃dviejų mū́sų jū́sų jų̃ sàvo

LolopoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Loloish *m-je¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꐴ (njip).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ji 

  1. (Yao'an) root

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ji

  1. Nonstandard spelling of jī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of jí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of jǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of jì.

Usage notesEdit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

MaquiritariEdit

EtymologyEdit

Perhaps from Proto-Cariban *pipi (“older brother”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ji (possessed jiyü)

  1. older brother (of a woman)
  2. older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

ReferencesEdit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 62–65, 72

NeapolitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri, Spanish ir.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ji

  1. to go

Northern KurdishEdit

EtymologyEdit

from Proto-Iranian *Hača. Cognate with Persian از‎ (az).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ji

  1. of
  2. from

Derived termsEdit

OccitanEdit

NounEdit

ji f (plural jis)

  1. jay (the letter j, J)

Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

PronounEdit

jī

  1. you (plural)

InflectionEdit

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hī hiū, hiō hit wī jī hiā
accusative mī thī hine hiā hit ūs jū, jō hiā
dative mī thī him hire, hiāre him ūs jū, jō him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

DescendantsEdit

  • North Frisian: jam, i (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: jie
  • West Frisian: jim, jimme

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ji

NounEdit

ji f (plural jíes)

  1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

Further readingEdit

Western DaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

Klamer notes that "Western Dani shares a handful of look-alikes with the TAP languages", including this word (compare proto-TAP *jira "water").

NounEdit

ji

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒí/
  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒī/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒì/

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

jí

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

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

ParticleEdit

jí

  1. (intransitive) to wake up
  2. (transitive) to wake somebody up
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

ji

  1. (transitive) to move gently

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

jì

  1. (intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5Edit

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

VerbEdit

jí

  1. to steal
    Synonym: lè (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit

ZarmaEdit

NounEdit

ji

  1. oil

ReferencesEdit

  • David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)

ZouEdit

NounEdit

ji

  1. spouse

ReferencesEdit

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