Wiktionary

ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

ji

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

Albanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ji

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques edit

Etymology edit

Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun edit

ji

  1. worm

References edit

  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara edit

Noun edit

ji

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  1. water

Derived terms edit

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

References edit

Cornish edit

Noun edit

ji

  1. Soft mutation of chi.

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ji f

  1. accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone) edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ji

  1. water

References edit

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

French edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ji m (plural jis)

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

Gun edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

jì

  1. to sing

Derived terms edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French jus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ji

  1. juice

Hausa edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

ji (grade Ø)

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

Related terms edit

References edit

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

Igbo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Igboid *í-ŋ̀-gíyí. Cognate with Ekpeye íyí, Ogbah ìdʒí, Ezaa dʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ìdʒí, Ika ìgí.[1] Further cognates probably include Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu (Igala úchu, Ede Idaca ichu, Yoruba iṣu), and Proto-Nupoid *iti (Nupe eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici).

Noun edit

ji

  1. yam

References edit

  1. ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎[1]

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ji

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

Jenaama Bozo edit

Noun edit

ji

  1. water

References edit

Lithuanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

Declension edit

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

Synonyms edit

See also edit

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

Lolopo edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ji 

  1. (Yao'an) root

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From English gee.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/, [ˈd͡ʒi]

Noun edit

ji (plural ji-ji)

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

Synonyms edit

  • ga (Jawi letter name)
  • ge (Indonesian)

See also edit

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

ji

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

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

Neapolitan edit

Verb edit

ji

  1. Alternative spelling of jire (“to go”)

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

ji

  1. of
  2. from

Derived terms edit

Occitan edit

Noun edit

ji f (plural jis)

  1. jay (the letter j, J)

Old Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

jī

  1. you (plural)

Inflection edit

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

Descendants edit

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

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ji f (plural jíes)

  1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

Further reading edit

Western Dani edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ji

  1. water

References edit

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

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ji (possessed jiyü)

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

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[2], Lyon
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Yoruba edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

jí

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

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Particle edit

jí

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

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

ji

  1. (transitive) to move gently

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

jì

  1. (intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5 edit

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

Verb edit

jí

  1. to steal
    Synonym: lè (obsolete)
Derived terms edit

Zarma edit

Noun edit

ji

  1. oil

References edit

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

Zou edit

Noun edit

ji

  1. spouse

References edit

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