gi
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi (plural gis or gi)
- A martial arts uniform.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage, published 2000, page 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.
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi
- Soft mutation of ki.
Chamorro[edit]
Preposition[edit]
gi
Cornish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi
- Soft mutation of ki.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)
- (archaic, Hinduism) ghee.
- Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega
Further reading[edit]
- “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
See also[edit]
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
gi
Lashi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gi
- Alternative form of ge
Particle[edit]
gi
- turns the preceding word into a nominative
References[edit]
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Lo-Toga[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, doublet of *wakaʀ (“root”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi
- kava plant, Piper methysticum
- kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
Malay[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.
Noun[edit]
gi (Jawi spelling ݢي, plural gi-gi, informal 1st possessive giku, 2nd possessive gimu, 3rd possessive ginya)
- (archaic) ghee.
- Synonym: minyak sapi
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
gi (Jawi spelling ݢي)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of pergi
- Kau gi ngan siapa?
- Who are you going with?
Further reading[edit]
- “gi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Matal[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
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)
References[edit]
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
gi
- you (nominative, plural)
- you (nominative, singular, informal)
Usage notes[edit]
This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.
Inflection[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle Low German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
gî
Declension[edit]
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. |
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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 terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)
- Alternative form of gje
Nupe[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gí
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gí
- to wear out
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gí
Derived terms[edit]
Old Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronoun[edit]
gī
- you (plural)
Alternative forms[edit]
- *gir (South-eastern)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Dutch: gi
Further reading[edit]
- “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ġī
- Alternative form of ġēa
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.
Pronoun[edit]
gī
- you (plural)
Declension[edit]
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, unka | - | - | - | |
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 |
Descendants[edit]
Rawang[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi
- dog.
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.
Noun[edit]
gi m (plural gis)
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gi
- to give
Preposition[edit]
gi
- to (indicates indirect object)
Sumerian[edit]
Romanization[edit]
gi
- Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Italian gi.
Noun[edit]
gi
- The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.
Usage notes[edit]
- 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 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Synonyms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Noun[edit]
gi m
- Soft mutation of ci.
Mutation[edit]
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. |
Yoruba[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gí
- The name of the Latin-script letter G.
See also[edit]
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable
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- en:Martial arts
- Breton non-lemma forms
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- Chamorro lemmas
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- Cornish non-lemma forms
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- Requests for plural forms in Indonesian entries
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- id:Hinduism
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- Rhymes:Italian/i
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- it:Latin letter names
- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Lo-Toga terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Lo-Toga terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Proto-Oceanic doublets
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- Lo-Toga lemmas
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- Malay 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Malay/i
- Rhymes:Malay/i/1 syllable
- Malay terms borrowed from Hindi
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- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
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- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
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- Middle Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Rawang terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Romansch terms derived from Classical Latin
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- vi:Latin letter names
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- yo:Latin letter names