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Translingual

Symbol

ji

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Yiddish.
    Synonym: yi (current)

Albanian

Pronunciation

Verb

ji

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

Etymology

Compare Cogui .

Noun

ji

  1. worm

References

  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

Noun

ji

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  1. water

Derived terms

  • ɲέ-ji (tears, literally eye-water)
  • dá-ji (saliva, literally mouth-water)
  • jidaga (water-jug)

References

Cornish

Noun

ji

  1. Soft mutation of chi.

Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ji f

  1. accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Vai () and Kono (Sierra Leone) .

Noun

ji

  1. water

References

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

ji m (plural jis)

  1. jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Gun

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to sing

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ji

  1. juice

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒí/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ́]

Verb

ji (grade Ø)

  1. to hear
  2. to understand
  3. to listen
  4. to feel, taste, smell
  5. to injure, cause to feel

Related terms

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *í-ŋ̀-gíyí. Cognate with Ekpeye íyí, Ogbah ìdʒí, Ezaa dʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ìdʒí, Ika ìgí.[1] Further cognates probably include Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu (Igala úchu, Ede Idaca ichu, Yoruba iṣu), and Proto-Nupoid *iti (Nupe eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici).

Noun

ji

  1. yam

References

  1. ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid[1]

Japanese

Romanization

ji

  1. The hiragana syllable (ji) or the katakana syllable (ji) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable (ji) or the katakana syllable (ji) in Hepburn romanization.

Jenaama Bozo

Noun

ji

  1. water

References

Jingpho

Noun

ji

  1. grandfather

Derived terms

Alternative forms

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *m-je¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu (njip).

Pronunciation

Noun

ji 

  1. (Yao'an) root

Malay

Etymology

From English gee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/, [ˈd͡ʒi]

Noun

ji (plural ji-ji)

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

Synonyms

  • ga (Jawi letter name)
  • ge (Indonesian)

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

ji

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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.

Neapolitan

Verb

ji

  1. Alternative spelling of jire (to go)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *Hača. Cognate with Persian از (az).

Pronunciation

Preposition

ji

  1. of
  2. from

Derived terms

Occitan

Noun

ji f (plural jis)

  1. jay (the letter j, J)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

  1. you (plural)

Inflection

Descendants

  • North Frisian: jam, i (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: jie
  • West Frisian: jim, jimme

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ji

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

ji f (plural jíes)

  1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

Etymology 2

Interjection

ji

  1. he (denotes laughter)

Further reading

Western Dani

Etymology

Klamer notes that "Western Dani shares a handful of look-alikes with the TAP languages", including this word (compare proto-TAP *jira "water").

Noun

ji

  1. water

References

  • Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ji
Brazilian standard fi
New Tribes ji

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Cariban *pipi (older brother).

Pronunciation

Noun

ji (possessed jiyü)

  1. older brother (of a woman)
  2. older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 72:jiiyu

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒí/
  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒī/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒì/

Etymology 1

Noun

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

See also

Etymology 2

Particle

  1. (intransitive) to wake up
  2. (transitive) to wake somebody up
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ji

  1. (transitive) to move gently

Etymology 4

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

Verb

  1. to steal
    Synonym: (obsolete)
Derived terms

Zarma

Noun

ji

  1. oil

References

  • David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)

Zou

Noun

ji

  1. spouse

References