ī

ī U+012B, ī LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON Composition: i [U+0069] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ī [U+012A] Latin Extended-A Ĭ → [U+012C]

ī

1. (phonetics) A common transcription for a long vowel i
2. (international standards) transliterates Indic ई (or equivalent).

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ī

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PRICE vowel

• IPA^(key): /iː/

ī

1. (transitive) to drink

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 伊 (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 奕 (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 奕).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 易 (“easy; simple; not difficult”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 易).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 異).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 肄 (“practice; study”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肄).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 與 (“to participate”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 與).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 芋 (“taro”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 芋).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 譽 (“fame; reputation; to praise”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 譽).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 裔 (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豫).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 預 (“beforehand, in advance; to take part in; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 預).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 籲).

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 漪. (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漪).

ī

1. Rōmaji transcription of いい
2. Rōmaji transcription of イー

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ī

1. (Patsho, transitive) to divert water course from the main waterbody.

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [iː]

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /iː/

ī (upper case Ī)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Cognate with Hawaiian ʻīʻī (“rancid, sour, moldy”).

ī (upper case Ī)

1. The seventh letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

ī

1. to ferment, to sour, to spoil

   Synonyms: moī, māhī

Letter a with macron (◌̄) to signify presence of both pitches.

ī

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [iː] when it can bear either pitch.

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

• i
• í
• ì
• ȋ
• ȉ

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN