i

See also: I and Appendix:Variations of "i"

i U+0069, i
LATIN SMALL LETTER I
← h
[U+0068] 		Basic Latin j →
[U+006A]

ⅰ U+2170, ⅰ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
← Ⅿ
[U+216F] 		Number Forms ⅱ →
[U+2171]
ｉ U+FF49, ｉ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER I
← ｈ
[U+FF48] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｊ →
[U+FF4A]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Lower case variation of upper case I, from Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “Iota”).

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

i (upper case İ)

  1. The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See also

Derived symbols

Similar and related symbols

Etymology 2

  • (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
  • (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index

Pronunciation

  • IPA(file)

Symbol

i

  1. (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  2. (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  3. (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  4. (IPA, romanization) close front unrounded vowel.
Synonyms
  • (mathematics: imaginary unit): j
  • (computer programming, common variable name representing a generic index): j

Etymology 3

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

Alternative forms

Numeral

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

  1. cardinal number one.
  2. (music) minor tonic triad

See also

See also

Other representations of I:

English

Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/
  • (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA(key): /aɪ/,
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: aye, eye

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I, plural i's)

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes

The English letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from Middle English /iː/), as in the pronoun I, or /ɪ/ as in bit.

See also

Number

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Noun

i (plural ies)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
    • the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
    • i-mutation, i-umlaut
Translations
See also

Etymology 2

From Old English ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: aye, eye

Pronoun

i

  1. Nonstandard spelling of I.
Usage notes
  • Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.

Acehnese

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Adangme

Pronoun

i

  1. I
    I suɔ mo. ― I love you.

Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Article

i

  1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

See also

Ama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ĩː/

Noun

i

  1. tooth

Anambé

Noun

i

  1. water

Further reading

  • Paul Ehrenreich, Materialien zur Sprachenkunde Brasiliens IV: Vocabulare der Guajajara und Anambē (Para) (1895) (i)
  • Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

Araweté

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Aruá

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɪ/

Letter

i lower case (upper case İ)

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

See also

Bambara

Pronoun

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)

Bislama

Particle

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Noun

i

  1. tree

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French je, from Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Near cognates include Franc-Comtois i and standard French je.

Pronoun

i

  1. I
    I panse qu'i seus maulaide. ― I think that I'm sick.
    I t'aime. ― I love you.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

i f (plural is)

  1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

i

  1. and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to.
    Hi ha moltes colomes i teuladins — There are many pigeons and sparrows.
    Ella escriu els articles i ell els il·lustra amb els seus dibuixos — She writes the articles and he illustrates them with his drawings.
Derived terms

Further reading

Chuukese

Pronoun

i

  1. him
  2. her
  3. it

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Verb

i

  1. (transitive) to drink

Cornish

Pronoun

i

  1. they

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪ/
  • Audio(file)

Conjunction

i

  1. and (also), and even
  2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)
    I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech. - Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Synonyms

  • (Moravian dialect) aj, aji

Derived terms

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille. Compare Italian i, gli.

Article

i m (plural)

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophone: I
  • Rhymes: -iː

Preposition

i

  1. in, inside
  2. Indicates exponentiation.
    Tre i femte. [note that the exponent is in the ordinal form]
    Three to the power of five.
  3. for (some duration)
    Jeg har boet her i tre år.
    I have lived here for three years.

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. fish

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Previous letter: h
  • Next letter: j

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with Swedish i.

Preposition

i

  1. in

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin iī (“they”) (nominative plural of is).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Hyphenation: i

Pronoun

i (personal)

  1. (nominative case, masculine) they
  2. (accusative case, masculine) them

Alternative forms

  • Becomes j- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -i when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
  • Becomes -j when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /i/

  • Audio(file)

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

i (accusative singular i-on, plural i-oj, accusative plural i-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

See also

Extremaduran

Conjunction

i

  1. and

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese e, from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

i

  1. and (expressing two elements to be taken together)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]
      The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/
  • Homophone: y

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

Declension

Declension of i
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative i iið i iini
accusative i iið i iini
dative i, ii inum ium iunum
genitive is isins ia ianna

See also

Foi

Noun

i

  1. eye
  2. seventeen
  3. twenty-one

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/

Noun

i m (plural is)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

Friulian

Friulian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
l'		 i
feminine  la
l'		 lis

Etymology

From Latin illi.

Article

i m pl (singular il)

  1. the

Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

  1. to him
  2. to her

See also

Fula

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See also

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object
    Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.
    The cat eats/ate the mouse.
  2. used to indicate past tense (precedes verb)
    I hana au.
    I worked.
  3. used to indicate perfect participle (precedes verb)
    i haʻalele
    having left, who had left

Preposition

i

  1. in, at
  2. (indicating destination) to

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Irish

Alternative forms

  • in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (“your”, pl), dhá (“two”), titles of books, films, and the like, and foreign words that resist mutation)

Etymology

From Old Irish i, from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪ/

Preposition

i (plus dative, triggers eclipsis, before the definite article ins)

  1. in

Inflection

Derived terms

  • i gceann (“at the end of; attained to; engaged in, attending to; in addition to”)
  • i mborr le (“puffed up with”)

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Reduced form of gli.[1]

Article

Italian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
lo/l'		 i
gli
feminine  la/l' le

i m pl (singular il)

  1. the
Usage notes

i is used before masculine plural words beginning with a single consonant other than x or z, or the plural noun dei; gli is used before masculine plural words beginning with a vowel, x, z, gn, or multiple consonants including pn, ps, and s+consonant, and before the plural noun dei.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

Noun

i f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 126

Japanese

Romanization

i

  1. Rōmaji transcription of い
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イ

Ladin

Article

i m (plural)

  1. the

See also

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

Conjunction

i (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי‎)

  1. and
  2. too

Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened from an older Baltic form *ir, which is preserved in Lithuanian as ir (with the same meaning).

Conjunction

i

  1. and, as well as, in addition to

Particle

i

  1. too, also

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ī (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter I.
Coordinate terms

References

  • i in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • i in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

Verb

ī

  1. go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō
    I intro iam nunc. ― Now then, go in.

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Letter

I

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Pronunciation

Noun

i m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

See also

Ligurian

Ligurian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine o i
feminine  a e

Pronunciation

Article

i m pl (singular o)

  1. the

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɪ/

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

Lower Grand Valley Dani

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. water

References

  • H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
  • H. Myron Bromley, The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani (2013)
  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Lule Sami

Verb

i

  1. second-person singular present of ij

Malay

Letter

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Mandinka

Pronoun

i

  1. you (personal pronoun)
    as i busa — he/she struck you.

See also

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

  1. from
  2. past-tense verbal particle
  3. particle indicating the direct object of a transitive sentence
  4. past-tense particle indicating location

Middle English

Etymology 1

Preposition

i

  1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

Etymology 2

From Old English iċ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

i

  1. Alternative form of I

References

Etymology 3

Pronoun

i

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Pronoun

i m

  1. Alternative form of gî.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

i

  1. and

Mondé

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    i = /ɪ˨/
    į = /ɪ̃˨/
    í = /ɪ˥/
    į́ = /ɪ̃˥/
    ii = /iː˨˨/
    įį = /ĩː˨˨/
    íi = /iː˥˨/
    į́į = /ĩː˥˨/
    ií = /iː˨˥/
    įį́ = /ĩː˨˥/
    íí = /iː˥˥/
    į́į́ = /ĩː˥˥/

Neapolitan

Etymology 1

From Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri.

Pronunciation

Verb

i

  1. to go
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Latin ego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iː]

Pronoun

i

  1. I: the first-person singular nominative personal pronoun.
Alternative forms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /iː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /iː/, /i/, /ɪ/

Letter

i

  1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Preposition

i

  1. (location) in, inside of
    Ligge i sengen
    Laying in bed
    Oppe i fjellene
    Up in the mountains
  2. (duration of time) for, in, during
    Møtet varte (i) to timer
    The meeting lasted (lit. went during) two hours
    Han var utenlands i mange år
    He lived abroad for many years
    I høst, i vår, i dag, i går
    In autumn, in spring, today, yesterday
  3. (condition, state) in
    Være i fred
    To be in peace
    Være i god stand
    To be in shape (physically fit)
    Leve i fattigdom
    To live in poverty
  4. (means, method) in
    Betale i gull
    To pay in gold.
    Gjøre noe i all hast
    To do something urgently (lit. in all haste)
    i hemmelighet
    in secret
  5. pertaining to, in reference to
    I deg har jeg en sann venn.
    In you I have a true friend.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en. Akin to English in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/ (example of pronunciation)

Preposition

i

  1. in, inside of
    No er me i Noreg.
    We are currently in Norway.
  2. for, in, during
  3. in (condition, state)
  4. in (means, method)
  5. pertaining to, in reference to

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hīc.

Adverb

i

  1. there
    • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
      Et grant compagnie i a d'omes
      And there is a large company of men

Descendants

  • French: y

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *en (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).

Preposition

i (triggers eclipsis)

  1. in (with dative)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
      Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.
      It is in the person of Christ that I do that.
  2. into (with accusative)

Derived terms

Combinations with the definite article
  • isin (accusative/dative masculine/feminine singular)
  • issa (accusative neuter singular)
  • isind (dative singular)
  • isna (accusative plural)
  • isnaib (dative plural)
Combinations with possessive determiners
  • ím (1st person singular)
  • inna, na (3rd person)
Combinations with object pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1 indium, indiumm indiunn
2 indiut indib
3 masc./neut. dat. and indib
3 fem. dat. indi
3 masc./neut. acc. ind intiu
3 fem. acc. inte

Descendants

  • Irish: i
  • Scottish Gaelic: an
  • Manx: ayns

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin hīc.

Adverb

i

  1. there

Descendants

  • Occitan: i

Paicî

Noun

i

  1. louse

References

  • Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e and Kabuverdianu í.

Conjunction

i

  1. and

Pijin

Particle

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • audio(file)

Conjunction

i

  1. and
    Adam i Ewa tylko zjedli jabłko. ― Adam and Eve only ate an apple.
    Patrzę na nią i oczom nie wierzę. ― I look at her and can't believe my eyes.

Further reading

  • i in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Audio (BR)(file)
  • Homophone: e (some accents)

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

i m (plural is)

  1. i (name of the letter I, i)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

  1. relational particle that marks the object of a verb

Usage notes

Used in all cases except with verbs of sensing; in which case, use e.

Preposition

i

  1. at
  2. in

Romanian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lowercase, capital I)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Generally representing the phoneme /i/. Preceded by h and followed by î.
Usage notes

See I for notes on pronunciation.

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic и (i).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

i

  1. (obsolete) and
Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of iproci (and so on...)

Synonyms

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Particle

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object

Preposition

i

  1. (indicating destination) to

Sathmar Swabian

Pronoun

i

  1. I

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Savi

Noun

i

  1. water

References

  • Kendall D. Decker Languages of Chitral )1992), Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 5. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics xxii, page 185

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English i, variant of in (“in”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

i

  1. in

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]

Pronoun

i

  1. she
  2. her
  3. (referring to a feminine noun) it

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. The 13th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by h and followed by j.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • audio(file)

Conjunction

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

  1. and
    Ivica i Marica se vole ― Ivica and Marica love each other.
    i tako dalje ― and so on
  2. (i..i..) both..and..
    ne možeš istovremeno i tužiti i suditi. ― you can't simultaneously both sue and judge
  3. also, too
    i meni se sviđa vaš odabir ― I like your choice too
  4. even (usually preceded by čȁk)
    (čak) i ja sam pozvan na zabavu! ― even I have been invited to the party
  5. (ne sȁmo .. nȅgo/vȅć i...) also, too
    on je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv ― he is not only talented, but also very industrious
  6. so, so that (= te, pa)
    umorio sam se i nisam mogao više igrati košarku ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

Silimo

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Sirionó

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/, /j/

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi/

Conjunction

i

  1. and
  2. as well as

Derived terms

  • i keď

Further reading

  • i in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (Phoneme): IPA(key): /i/, /j/
  • (Letter name): IPA(key): /i/
    • Audio (Spain)(file)

Etymology 1

Directly from Latin.

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

i f (plural íes)

  1. Name of the letter I.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

See y.

Conjunction

i

  1. Obsolete spelling of y

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/
  • audio(file)

Adverb

i (verb particle)

  1. used to signify that an action is done with intensity
Derived terms

Preposition

i

  1. in; located inside
  2. in; specifies a place, a region or a country
    Kim bor i Stockholm, som ligger i Sverige.
    Kim lives in Stockholm which lies in Sweden.
  3. (about time) to; before a full hour
    Klockan tjugo i elva gick slutligen jag hem.
    At twenty to eleven I finally went home.
  4. (about time) for; duration
    Jag sover i flera timmar.
    I sleep for several hours.
  5. (in various constructions) last, previous
    i måndags
    last Monday
    i julas
    last Christmas
Usage notes

In definition 4, (last, previous) the following noun gets a suffix -s (weekdays: i måndags) or -as (seasons: i höstas, certain holidays, e.g. jul, midsommar, påsk, pingst). Other holidays instead use förra, senaste, sista, e.g. förra nyåret.

Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

from Proto-Germanic *ek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Pronoun

i

  1. (pitemål) I

References

  • i in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Preposition

i

  1. at
  2. in

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Probably from English is

Particle

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):
      Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.
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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Preposition

i

  1. in

Tupinambá

Pronoun

i

  1. He, she, it, they (with descriptive verbs)
    i porang ― he/she/it is / they are beautiful
  2. Him, her, it, them (with transitive verbs)
    a-i-kuab ― i know him/her/it/them
  3. His, her, its, their (with nouns)
    i py ― his/her/its/their foot/feet
  4. Him, her, it, them (before postpositions)
    i xupé ― to him/her/it/them

Turkish

Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter İ/i.

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/, /iː/

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French i or Portuguese i.

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

Synonyms

Volapük

Adverb

i

  1. also
  2. too

Walloon

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Classical Latin ille.

Pronoun

i

  1. he

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin illos, used in place of the missing third-person pronoun, from Latin illos, accusative plural of ille.

Pronoun

i

  1. they

Wano

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥(m)é ~ me (“me”).

Pronoun

i

  1. I, me
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *de, *to (“to”), related to Breton da (“to, for”), Cornish dhe (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

Preposition

i

  1. to, for
    Mae’r jem i Siân.
    The jewel’s for Siân.
  2. that
    Maen nhw’n dweud iddi hi yfed gormod o gwrw.
    They say that she drank too much beer.
Usage notes
  • i is used to mean ‘that’ with verbs originally in the preterite tense. The subject moves to the front of the subordinate clause, directly following i, and the verb changes back to its verbal noun form.
Inflection
Derived terms
See also

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From unstressed forms of Old Norse ein(a) f and eitt n.

Article

i

  1. feminine and neuter singular of n

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in.

Preposition

i

  1. in
    i väntöm dagöm
    in days of waiting; waiting for something
    Han tönnrera uti’n
    He expressed his dissatisfaction over him (“in him”.)
    N O’ḷ-Pärsa däri Bränntjännlin
    Olof Persson (who lives) in Bränntjärnliden
    Da drivi däm i lann däri Burvikslanneṇ.
    Then they ran ashore in the Burvik tract.
    Däri n ânnar histori (...)
    In another story (...)
  2. with, of
    full i vatn
    full of water
    fullpâkke i fåḷk
    fully packed with people
Usage notes

In the first sense often combined with ut (“out”) > uti, utöy. This combination is commonly used for things concrete and close, while i by itself commonly is used for larger or more abstract concepts. To refer to a known geographical place, such as a town or village in the near region, the word der is commonly place in front.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse úr, from Proto-Germanic *uz.

Preposition

i

  1. out of, from
    ä drösst bodt i nä nea markä
    it fell out to the ground
Usage notes

Often combined with båhtt.

Alternative forms
  • äi (Kalix, stressed)
  • öy (Luleå, stressed)
  • ö (Luleå, stressed)
  • öv (Luleå, stressed)

White Lachi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i³³/,[1] /ʔi³¹/,[2] (Jinchang) /i⁴⁴/,[3] (Tân Lợi) /ʔi²²/[4]

Noun

i

  1. water

References

  • Weera Ostapirat, Proto-Kra, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23(1) (2000) (as ʔi) (see ASJP)
  1. ↑ Tai-Kadai 100-wordlists, compiled by Ilya Peiros
  2. ↑ Jerold A. Edmondson, kenneth J. Gregerson, Outlying Kam-Tai, in Mon-Khmer Studies 27
  3. ↑ ABVD, citing Li Yunbing [李云兵], A Study of Lachi [拉基语硏究 / Laji yu yan jiu] (Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she, 2000)
  4. ↑ ABVD, citing Ryuichi Kosaka [小坂, 隆一], A descriptive study of the Lachi language: syntactic description, historical reconstruction and genetic relation (2000, PhD dissertation, Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Yuqui

Noun

i

  1. water

References

  • Perry N. Priest, A contribution to comparative studies in the Guaraní linguistic family, Language Sciences 9(1): 17-20, page 18 (1987)
  • L. Villafañe, Gramática Yuki. Lengua Tupí-Guaraní de Bolivia (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ediciones del Rectorado, 2004), page 302

Zulu

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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