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 (pluralgisorgi)
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, ig
Breton
Noun
gi
Soft mutation of ki.
Chamorro
Preposition
gi
at
in
on
Cornish
Noun
gi
Soft mutation of ki.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hindiघी(ghī) or Urduگھی, from Sauraseni Prakrit𑀖𑀺𑀤(ghida), from Sanskritघृत(ghṛtá). Cognate of Englishghee.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably derived from Indonesian local language”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɡi]
Hyphenation: gi
Noun
gi (plural, first-person possessivegiku, second-person possessivegimu, third-person possessiveginya)
(archaic, Hinduism)ghee.
Synonyms:minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega
Further reading
“gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latingē(the name of the letterG).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: gì
Noun
gif (invariable)
The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
See also
(Latin-script letter names)lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta
Japanese
Romanization
gi
Rōmaji transcription of ぎ
Rōmaji transcription of ギ
Lashi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡi/
Adjective
gi
Alternative form of ge
Particle
gi
turns the preceding word into a nominative
References
Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Matal
Pronoun
gi
I, me(first-person singular pronoun)
References
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchgī, from Proto-West Germanic*jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic*jūz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/
Pronoun
gi
you (nominative, plural)
you (nominative, singular, informal)
Usage notes
This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.
Inflection
Alternative forms
ji
Descendants
Dutch: gij, jij
Afrikaans: jy
Limburgish: geer
Further reading
“ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
gê, î, y, ie, jê
Etymology
From Old Saxongī, from Proto-Germanic*jūz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʝiː/
Pronoun
gî
you, ye (nominative, plural)
Declension
Descendants
Low German: ji, jie
Plautdietsch: jie
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norsegefa, from Proto-Germanic*gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European*gʰab(ʰ)-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jiː/
Verb
gi (imperativegi, present tensegir, passivegis, simple pastgaorgav, past participlegitt)
to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
Derived terms
References
“gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gi (present tensegir, past tensegav, past participlegitt, passive infinitivegivast, present participlegivande, imperativegi)
Alternative form of gje
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic*jūz.
Pronoun
gī
you (plural)
Alternative forms
*gir(South-eastern)
Descendants
Middle Dutch: gi
Dutch: gij, jij
Afrikaans: jy
Limburgish: geer
Further reading
“gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jiː/
Adverb
ġī
Alternative form of ġēa
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic*iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.