ji

ji

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

   Synonym: yi (current)

• IPA^(key): /ˈji/

ji

1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Compare Cogui zĩ.

ji

1. worm

• Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

ji

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1. water

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

• Andrea Hollington, Traveling Conceptualizations (2015, →ISBN, page 105: Bambara ɲέ-ji eye-water 'tears'
• V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009) (with accent)

ji

1. Soft mutation of chi.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɪ]

ji f

1. accusative singular of ona

• yi

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

ji

1. water

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒi/

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• Rhymes: -i

ji m (plural jis)

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒì/

jì

1. to sing

From French jus.

• IPA^(key): /ʒi/
• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

ji

1. juice

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

ji (grade Ø)

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

• jiye

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

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).

ji

1. yam

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.

ji

1. water

• V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

ji

1. grandfather

• aji
• kaji

• IPA^(key): [jɪ]

ji f

1. (third-person feminine singular) she

• jinai (colloquial)

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

• IPA^(key): [tʃi³³]

ji 

1. (Yao'an) root

From English gee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˈd͡ʒi]

ji (plural ji-ji)

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

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

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; e, bi, si, di, i, ef, ji, hec, ai, je, ke, el, em, en, o, pi, kiu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dabel yu, eks, way, zed

ji

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

• 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.

ji

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ʒɪ]

ji

1. of
2. from

• ji alî
• ji bo
• ji ... re

ji f (plural jis)

1. jay (the letter j, J)

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈji/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈji/

ji

1. dual accusative of oně

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

jī

1. you (plural)

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

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

ji f (plural jíes)

1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

ji

1. he (denotes laughter)

• “ji”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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

ji

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): [hʷi]

ji (possessed jiyü)

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

• 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”

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

jí

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

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

jí

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

• jíjí

ji

1. (transitive) to move gently

jì

1. (intransitive) to move gently

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

jí

1. to steal

   Synonym: lè (obsolete)

• ojí (“thief”)

ji

1. oil

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

ji

1. spouse

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf