gei
English edit
Noun edit
gei (plural geis)
- Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”)
- 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, page 165:
- I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.
- 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., page 17:
- The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Noun edit
gei
- Soft mutation of kei.
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)
- a gay person
- Kas sa oled gei?
- Are you gay?
Declension edit
Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | gei | geid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | gei | ||
genitive | geide | ||
partitive | geid | geisid | |
illative | geisse | geidesse | |
inessive | geis | geides | |
elative | geist | geidest | |
allative | geile | geidele | |
adessive | geil | geidel | |
ablative | geilt | geidelt | |
translative | geiks | geideks | |
terminative | geini | geideni | |
essive | geina | geidena | |
abessive | geita | geideta | |
comitative | geiga | geidega |
See also edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Italianized form of English jay.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gei m (invariable)
- Synonym of i lunga
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
gei
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
gei
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
gei
- Nonstandard spelling of gěi.
- Nonstandard spelling of gèi.
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.
Mende edit
Noun edit
gei
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
gei
- imperative of geie
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gei
- Soft mutation of cei.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cei | gei | nghei | chei |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gei
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gei (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tigei | migei | agei | |
2nd person | nigei | figei | ||
3rd person | inanimate | igei | digei | |
animate | magei | |||
imperative | —, gei | —, gei |
References edit
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics
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