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 (jūdōgi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Homophone: ghee
Noun
- A martial arts uniform.
- 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage, published 2000, page 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 […]
- 2022 September 20, Danya Hajjaji, “‘Really nice guy’: Tom Hardy surprises competitors with entry and victory in martial arts contest”, in The Guardian:
- Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue gi, subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.
Breton
Cornish
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 (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: gì
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/
Verb
gi
- to give
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 12:3:
- Kaaz a di gif we Gad gi mi, mi a tel unu: No bada tingk se unu muor dan wa unu riili bi. Insted-a dat unu fi ombl unuself an joj unuself bies pan di fiet we Gad gi unu
- For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 22:1:
- Den di ienjel shuo mi di riva wid di waata we gi laif. Di waata did a kom fram Gad an di Biebi Shiip chuon. Di waata did so klier it luk laik kristal.
- Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- (literally, “Then the angel showed me the river with water that gives life. The water came from God and the Lamb throne. The water was so clear it looked like crystal”)
- 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 19:
- Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se an ekspres demself; dis miin se dem av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se widout notn a get ina dem wie, an fi siik out, get an gi infamieshan an di tingz dem we dem tingk bout ina dem ed, bai eni miinz no mata di baada lain dem we set op ina dem konchri.
- Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
- (literally, “Everybody has the right to free to say what they want, to express themselves; this means that they have the right to be free to say what they want without anything happening to them and to seek out and give information […]”)
Further reading
- gi at majstro.com
Lo-Toga
Etymology
Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, doublet of *wakaʀ (“root”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣi/
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, informal 1st possessive giku, 2nd possessive gimu, 3rd possessive ginya)
- (archaic) ghee.
- Synonym: minyak sapi
Etymology 2
Clipping of pergi.
Verb
gi (Jawi spelling ݢي)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of pergi
- Kau gi ngan siapa?
- Who are you going with?
Further reading
- “gi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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-West Germanic *jiʀ, 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
Descendants
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
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, ēnen, ȫnen) | 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, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
Derived terms
References
- “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Nupe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡí/
Derived terms
- gíkinni (“to stand; to cease”)
- kinnigí (“standing”)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.
Alternative forms
- *gir (South-eastern)
Descendants
Further reading
- “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, 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, unka | - | - | - | |
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
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/
Sumerian
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.
Usage notes
Synonyms
Welsh
Yoruba
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡí/