gi
English
Etymology
From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdogi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Homophone: ghee
Noun
gi (plural gis or gi)
- A martial arts uniform.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
- By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle […]
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:
Breton
Cornish
Greenlandic
Affix
gi
- have as (temporary use or possession)
- e.g. illugisara
- My house for the time being.
- e.g. illugisara
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: gì
Lashi
Particle
gi
- turns the preceding word into a nominative
Matal
Pronoun
gi
- I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
- Gi zil Yahudiya, tayyà gi à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, gi bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39).[1]
- I [am] a Jewish man, I was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, I [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)
- Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw gi aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39).[2]
- For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say (Mathhew 23:39)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/
Usage notes
This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.
Inflection
Alternative forms
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝiː/
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en; ehnen, ohnen, öhnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiː/
gi (file)
Verb
gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.
Declension
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Romansch
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian gi.
Noun
gi
- The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.