gi

Etymology

From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdogi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: ghee

Noun

gi (plural gis or gi)

1. A martial arts uniform.
   • 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:

     By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle […]

Anagrams

• IG, Ig

Noun

gi

1. Soft mutation of ki.

Preposition

gi

1. at
2. in
3. on

Noun

gi

1. Soft mutation of ki.

Etymology

Derived from the prefix ge- plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi/
• Hyphenation: gi

Pronoun

gi (accusative gin)

1. (rare, neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A proposed gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.

   Rigardu tiun homon. Gi estas alta.

   Look at that person. They are tall.

Affix

gi

1. have as (temporary use or possession)

   e.g. illugisara

   My house for the time being.

Etymology

From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Stress: gì
• Hyphenation: gi

Noun

gi f (invariable)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Romanization

gi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ギ

Pronoun

gi

1. I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

   Gi zil Yahudiya, tayyà gi à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, gi bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39). ^[1]

   I [am] a Jewish man, I was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, I [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)

   Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw gi aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39). ^[2]

   For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say (Mathhew 23:39)

References

Etymology

From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

Pronoun

gi

1. you (nominative, plural)
2. you (nominative, singular, informal)

Further reading

• “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝiː/

Pronoun

gî

1. you, ye (nominative, plural)

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiː/

• gi

  (file)

Verb

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

References

• “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)

1. Alternative form of gje

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
• (Surmiran) de

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

gi m (plural gis)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian gi.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ji.

Noun

gi m

1. Soft mutation of ci.

Mutation