ī

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

ī U+012B, ī LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON Composition: i [U+0069] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ī [U+012A] Latin Extended-A Ĭ → [U+012C]

Translingual

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

1. The letter i with a macron.

Usage notes

• It is usually used to denote long "i" or the middle tone of "i".

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters using macron sign or underline sign):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḗḗ  Ḡḡ  ẖ  Īī  Ḹḹ  Ḻḻ  Ṉṉ  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ṓṓ  Ṝṝ  Ṟṟ  Ṯṯ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ẕẕ  Ǣǣ

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Verb

ī

1. (transitive) to drink

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Japanese

Rōmanji for いい/イイ

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Letter

Ī

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Maori

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

1. The seventh letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

Etymology

Cognate with Hawaiian ʻīʻī (“rancid, sour, moldy”).

Verb

ī

1. to ferment, to sour, to spoil

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 伊 (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 奕 (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 奕.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 易 (“easy; simple; not difficult”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 易.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 異.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 肄 (“practice; study”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肄.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 與 (“to participate”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 與.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 芋 (“taro”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 芋.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 譽 (“fame; reputation; to praise”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 譽.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 裔 (“progeny, descendants, posterity”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豫.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 預 (“beforehand; to take part in; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 預.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 籲.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 漪. (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漪.)