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ci

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 詞／词 (cí).

Noun

ci (uncountable)

One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms

Anagrams

-ic, IC, I²C

Aka (Central Africa)

Noun

water

Balinese

Etymology

From cai (“you”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

ci (Balinese script ᬘᬶ)

(medya) you
Synonyms: (kasar) ragan, (halus) iratu

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

cí

thatch, especially of the species Diheteropogon grandiflorus

Etymology 2

Noun

cí

commission, errand
message, order
mission, task, assignment
work, labor (especially agricultural)
usefulness, utility

Verb

cí

to send, charge with a mission

Etymology 3

Verb

cì

to hit
to break
to destroy
to split, divide, cut
to burst, explode with a loud noise
to trace, tattoo

Noun

cì

line, stroke
tattoo

Corsican

Etymology

Ultimately from either Latin hīc (“here”) or hinc (“from here”). Akin to Italian ci; see there for more. Compare Sicilian cci.

Adverb

there

Pronoun

us (both direct and indirect object)

References

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quem. Compare Portuguese quem, Romanian cine, Spanish quien, Romansch che, Sardinian chíne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

Pronoun

Dhimal

Noun

water

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian or French tu, Russian ты (ty), etc., plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡si/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ci

Pronoun

ci (accusative cin, possessive cia)

(rare) thou, you (second-person informal singular pronoun)

Usage notes

Some people believe that this word was used in the past and then became archaic, but this is not true. Actually, this word has never been in common usage; as written by Zamenhof as early as 1888, when the Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, was published. Many Esperantists don't even understand it. Some authors have used 'ci' to portray archaic language, for translations, and for stylistic effects. This usage is criticized by other writers.

Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia; Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Lingvaj Respondoj; Bertilo Wennergren, Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko (PMEG); Bernard Golden, La Gazeto #11, June 15, 1987; Zlatko Tisjlar, Frekvencmorfemaro de Parolata Esperanto.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ecce hīc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si/
Homophones: si, scie, scies, scient

Adverb

(in compounds, else archaic) alternative form of ici (“here”)
(after a noun) see -ci

Derived terms

References

“ci”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Etymology

From Proto-Chadic, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *taʔ- (“to eat, especially something soft, to close lips, especially loosely”). Compare Akkadian 𒋫𒀪𒌑 (ta-ʾu-u₂ /⁠taʾu⁠/, “to eat”), Mehri tewō (“eat”), Arabic تَأْتَأَ (taʔtaʔa, “to stammer, to stutter, to reduplicate sounds, to mumble or move lips”), and with varying Berber forms Tamahaq ⵜⵜ (tǝtt), Tarifit ⵜⵜ (tǝtt), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵛ (tc), and Kabyle teṭṭ (pharyngeal-coloring found as well in the Arabic variant تَعْتَعَ (taʕtaʕa), and in that sense possible further connections to طَعِمَ (ṭaʕima, “to taste”) and عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa, “to bite”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃí/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɪ́]

Verb

ci (grade Ø)

to eat, to eat soft things

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsi/

Determiner

alternative form of ici (“these”)

Pronoun

alternative form of ici (“these”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/ [ˈt͡ʃi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ci

Etymology 1

From Xiamen Hokkien 錢／钱 (chîⁿ, “mace”).

Noun

ci (plural ci-ci)

(obsolete) weight unit 1/10 tahil (for opium)

Etymology 2

From Sundanese ci, perhaps derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ci (countable and uncountable, plural ci-ci)

river (large stream which drains a landmass), specifically, those located in Banten, West Java, and far-western Central Java
Synonyms: sungai, kali

Etymology 3

Noun

ci (plural ci-ci)

alternative form of encik
alternative form of taci (“elder sister”)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsi/

Adverb

here (at this place)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin cē (the name of the letter C).

Alternative forms

ce (archaic or regional)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/^*
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: cì

Noun

ci f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.; cee

References

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Rohlfs and Von Wartburg favoured/favored Late Latin ecce hīc. Maiden casts doubt on this etymology, pointing out that Italian ci is an unstressed 'weak' form, while Latin hic otherwise survives in Italian only in stressed forms (reinforced by Latin ecce or eccum) such as ciò, qua, and qui. (It should also be noted that all of the latter trigger syntactic doubling in a following word, thanks to their original final /k/, while ci does not.) Maiden proposes instead an origin in Latin hince, variant of hinc (“hence, from here”), pointing out that in parts of southern Italy there exists a 1PL pronoun 'nci (cf. also 'nce). Treccani, on the other hand, proposes an origin in Latin hīce, a variant of hīc (“here”). In any case, the Italian term is certainly cognate with Neapolitan ce, Sicilian cci and Sassarese zi, all three of which share similar adverbial senses, with the latter two also having pronominal senses.

Alternative forms

-ci (enclitic)
ce (before a third person direct object clitic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/, (Sicily, Calabria) ^*/t͡ʃi/
Hyphenation: ci

Pronoun

us
Loro ci conoscono ― They know us
(reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other
Ci arrabbiamo ― We (ourselves) get angry

Ci amiamo ― We love each other
to us
Lui ci ha detto questo ― He said this to us
replaces the indefinite personal pronoun si (“one”) before reflexive si (“oneself”); one
Ci si lava. ― One washes oneself.
it, to it
Non ci credo. ― I do not believe it.

Usage notes

Becomes ce when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

Adverb

to there, here, there
Synonym: vi (formal)

Ci sono andato ― I have been there

Ci siamo ― We're here

Ci sono molte cose ― There are many things

C'è un problema ― There is a problem
forms part of many verbs:
volerci ― to require/take

abituarci ― to get used to it

riuscirci ― to be able to do it

entrarci ― to do with something

contarci ― to count on it

pensarci ― to think about it

starci ― to agree / to be up for something

farcela ― to manage to do something

crederci ― to believe it

References

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

tchi, twi, kyi

Noun

ci m (uncountable)

the Twi language family

Kangjia

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *či; compare Mongolian чи (či), Dongxiang chi.

Pronoun

Kanuri

Noun

mouth

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian ці (ci).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sʲi]
Hyphenation: ci

Particle

Used to form polar questions.

Synonyms

References

A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008), Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 13

Latin

Verb

cī

second-person singular present active imperative of ciō

Malay

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮎᮤ (ci).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i

Noun

ci (Jawi spelling چي, plural ci-ci)

river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

alir
alur
batang
bengawan
kali
sungai
wai

Mandarin

Romanization

nonstandard spelling of cī
nonstandard spelling of cí
nonstandard spelling of cǐ
nonstandard spelling of cì

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Noone

Verb

strike

Synonyms

kfune
nyɛw
suŋ

References

R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Nupe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃī/

Conjunction

Used to order actions temporally: then; and
Musa à bá nakàn yínna, Gàná ci à gí eci yínna ― Musa will cut meat today, and Gana will eat yam today

Usage notes

ci is solely used to join verbs/sentences and not nouns, for which tò is used. Additionally, when ci is used, the subject of each verb must be specified.

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin ecce hīc.

Adverb

here (in this place)

Descendants

French: ici, ci

Old Irish

Pronoun

alternative form of cía

Conjunction

alternative form of cía

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕi/
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ci

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

(stressed) tobie

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ti.

Pronoun

short dative singular of ty.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ci m

virile nominative plural of ten

Pumpokol

Alternative forms

tzi (M.)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *cajb ~ *tɬib (“dog”).

Noun

ci (W., Kl.)

(zoology) dog

Romanian

Etymology

From ce.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

Conjunction

(adversative) but; so that; on the contrary, opposite
Nici eu, ci el. ― Not I, but he.

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʃi]
(unstressed) IPA^(key): [tʃɪ]

Etymology 1

Akin to Italian ci; see there for more.

Adverb

here, there

Etymology 2

Pronoun

dative of iddu (“he”); to him
dative of idda (“she”); to her
dative of iddi (“they”); to them

Usage notes

Unlike in Italian, the Sicilian pronoun ci is not used for the first-person plural ('us'). The Sicilian equivalent is ni.

Inflection

Sundanese

Etymology

From cai.

Noun

ci (Sundanese script ᮎᮤ)

water
river

Usage notes

Commonly used for making compound words (e.g. kinds of water, names of rivers, settlements, etc.)

Derived terms

Tarantino

Etymology

Palatalization of an earlier *chi (/ki/), from the same continuum of Sicilian cui~cu'. Cognate with Italian chi.

Pronoun

ci (relative)

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tsji.

Noun

salt

References

Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin quis (compare Italian chi).

Pronoun

ci (interrogative)

who?

Usage notes

Redoubled for reinforcement.
Ci èlo ci?
Who on earth is he?

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French cist, from Latin ecce istum (< iste).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si/

Determiner

ci (after an open syllabe : ç', feminine : cisse, masculine form before vowel : cist, feminine form before vowel : ciste, plural : ces)

this

Pronoun

ci (before a vowel : c', alternative form : çou)

it, this

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ci m (plural cŵn)

Coordinate terms

gast (“bitch (all senses)”)

Derived terms

Mutation

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ci˧/

Verb

to cook, to roast, to toast
to glow, to shine

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕi˨˦/
Tone numbers: ci¹
Hyphenation: ci

Etymology 1

From Chinese 車 (MC tsyhae).

Noun

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

vehicle

Classifier

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

carload of; cartload of; truckload of

Verb

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

to sew with a sewing machine
to machine on a lathe

Etymology 2

From Chinese 吹 (MC tsyhwe).

Verb

ci (Sawndip form 𫩝, 1957–1982 spelling ci)

(intransitive, of wind) to blow
Synonyms: (dialectal) baed, (dialectal) daet, (dialectal) boq, (dialectal) coi
(transitive) to blow
Synonym: (dialectal) baed
(transitive) to play (a wind instrument)
(transitive) to pump (a bellows)
Synonyms: (dialectal) daz, (dialectal) boz

Etymology 3

From Chinese 催 (MC tshwoj).

Verb

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

to urge
Synonyms: (dialectal) cui, (dialectal) dok

Etymology 4

From Chinese 支 (MC tsye).

Classifier

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

Used for stick-like objects.

ci

ci

English

Etymology

Noun

Anagrams

Aka (Central Africa)

Noun

Further reading

Balinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Further reading

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

Etymology 3

Verb

Noun

Corsican

Etymology

Adverb

Pronoun

See also

References

Dalmatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Dhimal

Noun

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Derived terms

References

Hausa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Ido

Pronunciation

Determiner

Pronoun

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Adverb

Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun