gi

gi

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English Online Dictionary. What means gi‎? What does gi mean?

English

Etymology

From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophone: ghee

Noun

gi (plural gis or gi)

  1. A martial arts uniform.

Anagrams

  • IG, Ig, ig

Breton

Noun

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

Chamorro

Preposition

gi

  1. at
  2. in
  3. on

Cornish

Noun

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡi]
  • Hyphenation: gi

Noun

gi (plural gi-gi)

  1. (archaic, Hinduism) ghee
    Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega

Further reading

  • “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: gì

Noun

gi f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.; gee

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English give.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi/

Verb

gi

  1. to give

Further reading

  • gi at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

gi

  1. The hiragana syllable ぎ (gi) or the katakana syllable ギ (gi) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡi˧]
  • Hyphenation: gi

Particle

gi

  1. Used to mark the preceding noun as a subject.

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 22

Lo-Toga

Etymology

Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣi/

Noun

gi

  1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
  2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

Further reading

  • p.526 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

Noun

gi (Jawi spelling ݢي, plural gi-gi)

  1. (archaic) ghee.
    Synonym: minyak sapi

Etymology 2

Clipping of pergi.

Verb

gi (Jawi spelling ݢي)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of pergi

Further reading

  • “gi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Matal

Pronoun

gi

  1. I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

Pronoun

gi

  1. you (nominative, plural)
  2. you (nominative, singular, informal)

Usage notes

This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • ji

Descendants

  • Dutch: gij, jij
    • Afrikaans: jy
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
    • Jersey Dutch: jāi
    • Negerhollands: joe, ju
    • Petjo: jij
  • Limburgish: geer

Further reading

  • “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

  • gê, î, y, ie, jê

Etymology

From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝiː/

Pronoun

gî

  1. you, ye (nominative, plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Low German: ji, jie
    • Plautdietsch: jie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jiː/

Verb

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)

  1. to give (to transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Derived terms

References

  • “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)

  1. Alternative form of gje

Nupe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡí/

Verb

gí

  1. to eat
  2. to devour; to gnaw
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡí/

Verb

gí

  1. to wear out

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡí/

Verb

gí

  1. to stand
    Synonym: gíkinni
Derived terms

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

  1. you (plural)

Alternative forms

  • *gir (South-eastern)

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: gi
    • Dutch: gij, jij
      • Afrikaans: jy
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
      • Jersey Dutch: jāi
      • Negerhollands: joe, ju
      • Petjo: jij
    • Limburgish: geer

Further reading

  • “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jiː/

Adverb

ġī

  1. Alternative form of ġēa

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.

Pronoun

gī

  1. you (plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
    • Low German: ji, jie
      • Plautdietsch: jie

Rawang

Alternative forms

  • vgi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki˧/

Noun

gi

  1. dog.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • di (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)
  • de (Surmiran)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

Noun

gi m (plural gis)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English give.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/

Verb

gi

  1. to give

Preposition

gi

  1. to (indicates indirect object)

Sumerian

Romanization

gi

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Derived from Italian gi.

Noun

gi

  1. The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.
Usage notes
  • If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ji.

Noun

gi

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
Synonyms
  • ri

Welsh

Noun

gi m

  1. Soft mutation of ci.

Mutation

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡí/

Noun

gí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

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