jei

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See also: -jei, je'i, jéí, and jéì

Cornish

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Noun

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jei

  1. Soft mutation of chei.

Gun

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From +‎ (to go)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒé.jì/, /d͡ʒé.ì/

Verb

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jéì (Nigeria)

  1. to be going
    Yẹ́n jéì àzọ́n mẹ̀ tò afọ́nnuI'm going to work in the morning

Japanese

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Romanization

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jei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ジェイ

Latgalian

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Etymology

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Akin to Lithuanian ji.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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jei

  1. she

Usage notes

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  • 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

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See also

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References

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

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to jis (he).[1]

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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jéi

  1. if (supposing that)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ jéi” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 478 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

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Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jää.

Noun

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jei

  1. ice

Mokilese

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Verb

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jei (progressive jeijeijei)

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

References

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