yi

See also Yi, yī, yí, yǐ, yì, and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Jèrriais

Etymology

From older *ye, from Old French ueil, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ji/
• (Sark) IPA: /jɪ/

Noun

yi m (plural ièrs)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. opening of lobster pot

Derived terms

Derived terms

à veue dg'yi (“in sight”) aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis (“to have good eyesight”) aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre (“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”) aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut' (“to have a squint”) balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”) clyîn dg'yi (“wink”) coup d'yi (“glance”) dans un clyîn dg'yi (“in the wink of an eye”) d'la carre d'san yi (“out of the corner of one's eye”) entré quat's ièrs (“to one's face”) freunmer l'yi (“to have a nap”)

ièrs dé boeu (“oxeye daisy”) lanchi eune pathe dg'ièrs (“to throw a glance”) mauvais yi (“evil eye”) s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi (“to put one's foot in it”) par sus l's ièrs (“up to the eyeballs”) preunelle dé l'yi (“pupil”) sèrvi au dé et à l'yi (“to wait on hand and foot”) tout à ièrs (“all eyes”) yi nu (“naked eye”) yi pochi (“black eye”)

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Mandarin

Romanization

yi

1. Nonstandard spelling of yī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yì.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

External links

• Google hits: "yi" pinyin
• Google hits: "yi1" pinyin

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Murrinh-Patha

Conjunction

yi

1. and

References

Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)