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ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Translingual

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Symbol

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ji

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

Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ji

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

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Etymology

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Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun

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ji

  1. worm

References

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  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

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Noun

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ji

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  1. water

Derived terms

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

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Cornish

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Noun

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ji

  1. Soft mutation of chi.

Czech

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Pronoun

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ji f

  1. accusative singular of ona

Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ji

  1. water

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ji m (plural jis)

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

Gun

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Verb

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jì

  1. to sing

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French jus.

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Noun

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ji

  1. juice

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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ji (grade Ø)

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

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

Igbo

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Etymology

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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

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ji

  1. yam

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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ji

  1. The hiragana syllable じ (ji) or the katakana syllable ジ (ji) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable ぢ (ji) or the katakana syllable ヂ (ji) in Hepburn romanization.

Jenaama Bozo

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Noun

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ji

  1. water

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Jingpho

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Noun

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ji

  1. grandfather

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Lithuanian

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Pronoun

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ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

Declension

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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

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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

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Etymology

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

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ji 

  1. (Yao'an) root

Malay

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Etymology

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From English gee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˈd͡ʒi]

Noun

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ji (plural ji-ji)

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

Synonyms

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

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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ji

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Verb

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ji

  1. Alternative spelling of jire (“to go”)

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

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Preposition

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ji

  1. of
  2. from

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Occitan

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Noun

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ji f (plural jis)

  1. jay (the letter j, J)

Old Czech

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Pronoun

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ji

  1. dual accusative of oně

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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jī

  1. you (plural)

Inflection

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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

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

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ji f (plural jíes)

  1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

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Interjection

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ji

  1. he (denotes laughter)

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Western Dani

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Etymology

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

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ji

  1. water

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

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ji
Brazilian standard fi
New Tribes ji

Etymology

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

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Noun

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ji (possessed jiyü)

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

References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

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jí

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

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Etymology 2

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Particle

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jí

  1. (intransitive) to wake up
  2. (transitive) to wake somebody up
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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ji

  1. (transitive) to move gently

Etymology 4

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Verb

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jì

  1. (intransitive) to move gently

Etymology 5

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From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

Verb

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jí

  1. to steal
    Synonym: lè (obsolete)
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Zarma

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Noun

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ji

  1. oil

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

Zou

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Noun

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ji

  1. spouse

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