ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Translingual

Symbol

ji

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

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈji/

Verb

ji!

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

Etymology

Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun

ji

  1. worm

References
  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

Noun

ji

  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
  • IPA(key): [ˈjɪ]

Pronoun

ji f

  1. accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Vai ꕀ (jí) and Kono (Sierra Leone) yí.

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.

Gun

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒì/

Verb

jì

  1. to sing

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒi/
  • IPA(key): /ʒy/

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

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

Japanese

Romanization

ji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ぢ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ジ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヂ

Jenaama Bozo

Noun

ji

  1. water

References

Lithuanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɪ]

Pronoun

ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

Declension
declension of ji
singular dual plural
nominative jì jiẽdvi jõs
genitive jõs jų̃dviejų jų̃
dative jái jõdviem jóms
accusative ją̃ jiẽdvi jàs
instrumental jà jõdviem jomìs
locative jojè jiẽdviese josè

Synonyms

See also
Lithuanian personal pronouns
singular (vienaskaita) dual (dviskaita) plural (daugiskaita) reflexive
(sangrąžiniai)
1st person
(pirmasis asmuo)		 2nd person
(antrasis asmuo)		 3rd person
(trečiasis asmuo)		 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f m f m f m f m f
nominative
(vardininkas)		 àš tù jìs,
jisaĩ		 jì,
jinaĩ		 mùdu mùdvi jùdu jùdvi juõdu,
jiẽdu		 jiẽdvi mẽs jū̃s jiẽ jõs -
genitive
(kilmininkas)		 manę̃s tavę̃s jõ jõs mùdviejų jùdviejų jų̃dviejų mū́sų jū́sų jų̃ savę̃s
dative
(naudininkas)		 mán táu jám jái mùdviem jùdviem jõdviem mùms jùms jíems jóms sáu
accusative
(galininkas)		 manè tavè jį̃ ją̃ mùdu mùdvi jùdu jùdvi juõdu jiẽdvi mùs jùs juõs jàs savè
instrumental
(įnagininkas)		 manimì, manim̃ tavimì, tavim̃ juõ jà mùdviem jùdviem jõdviem mumìs jumìs jaĩs jomìs savimì,
savim̃
locative
(vietininkas)		 manyjè, manỹ tavyjè, tavỹ jamè jojè mùdviese jùdviese jiẽdviese mumysè jumysè juosè josè savyjè,
savỹ
possessive
(savybiniai)		 màno tàvo jõ jõs mùdviejų jùdviejų jų̃dviejų mū́sų jū́sų jų̃ sàvo

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *m-je¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꐴ (njip).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʃi³³]

Noun

ji 

  1. (Yao'an) root

Mandarin

Romanization

ji

  1. Nonstandard spelling of jī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of jí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of jǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of jì.

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.

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hʷi]

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, 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, page 62–65, 72

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri, Spanish ir.

Pronunciation

Verb

ji

  1. to go

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʒɪ]

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

jī

  1. you (plural)

Inflection
Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hī hiū, hiō hit wī jī hiā
accusative mī thī hine hiā hit ūs jū, jō hiā
dative mī thī him hire, hiāre him ūs jū, jō him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

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

Noun

ji f (plural jíes)

  1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Prefix

ji

  1. Marks a verb's object as reflexive.
    ninajiona
    I see myself

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

Yoruba

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

Noun

jí

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

See also

Particle

jí

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

Verb

ji

  1. (transitive) to move gently

Verb

jì

  1. (intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

Verb

jí

  1. to steal
    Synonym: lè (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
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