jei

See also: jèi, -jei, je'i, jéí, jéì, and jêi

Translingual

Symbol

jei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yei.

Cornish

Noun

jei

1. soft mutation of chei

Gun

Alternative forms

• jéyì (Benin)

Etymology

From jé +‎ yì (“to go”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒé.jì/, /d͡ʒé.ì/

Verb

jéì (Nigeria)

1. to be going

   Yẹ́n jéì àzọ́n mẹ̀ tò afọ́nnu ― I'm going to work in the morning

Japanese

Romanization

jei

1. Rōmaji transcription of ジェイ

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *is. Akin to Lithuanian ji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛ̀i̯]
• Hyphenation: jei

Pronoun

jei

1. she

Usage notes

• In reported speech, when referring to the author, an inflection of šei is used.
• In reported speech, when referring to the addressee, an inflection of tu is used.

Declension

Declension of jei

	singular	plural
nominative	jei	juos
genitive	juos	jūs
dative	jai	jom
accusative	jū	juos
locative	jimā	jimuos

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns

	first	second	third
			anaphoric		logophoric
			m	f	m	f
singular	es	tu	jis	jei	šys	šei
plural	mes	jius	jī	juos	šī	šuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to jis (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jæj]

Conjunction

jéi

1. if (supposing that)

Synonyms

• jeigu

Further reading

• “jei”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jäi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjei/, [ˈje̯iˑ]

Noun

jei

1. ice

Declension

Declension of jei (16)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	jei	jeid
genitive (genitīv)	jei	jeid
partitive (partitīv)	jeiõ	jeiḑi
dative (datīv)	jeiõn	jeidõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	jeiõks	jeidõks
illative (illatīv)	jeiõ	jeiži
inessive (inesīv)	jeiõs	jeiši
elative (elatīv)	jeiõst	jeišti

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “jei”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mokilese

Verb

jei (progressive jeijeijei)

1. (intransitive) to paddle
2. (intransitive) to go by boat

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977