གི

See also: ཀ and ག

Tibetan

Etymology

Maybe related to Chinese 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ɡi/
Lhasa: /kiˑ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ɡi/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: gi
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kiˑ/

Particle

གི • (gi)

One of the five genitive particles, used after ག (ga) or ང (nga).

Usage notes

The five genitive particles are: འི ('i) (after vowels), ཡི (yi) (after vowels), གི (gi) (after -g or -ng), ཀྱི (kyi) (after -d, -b, -s) and གྱི (gyi) (after -n, -m, -r, -l).

The last three are usually pronounced identically in Lhasa Tibetan, and may be all written as གི (gi).

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