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Yes. The word gi is a Scrabble US word. The word gi is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Is gi a Scrabble UK word?

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Definitions and meaning of gi

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, ig

Breton

Noun

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

Chamorro

Preposition

gi

  1. at
  2. in
  3. on

Cornish

Noun

gi

  1. Soft mutation of ki.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی‎, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡi]
  • Hyphenation: gi

Noun

gi (plural, first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gi f (invariable)

  1. 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

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

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi/

Adjective

gi

  1. Alternative form of ge

Particle

gi

  1. turns the preceding word into a nominative

References

  • Hkaw Luk, A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), 2017

Matal

Pronoun

gi

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

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

Pronoun

gi

  1. you (nominative, plural)
  2. 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[2], 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek‎[3], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

  • gê, î, y, ie, jê

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝiː/

Pronoun

gî

  1. you, ye (nominative, plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Low German: ji, jie
    • Plautdietsch: jie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jiː/

Verb

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

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

Derived terms


References

  • “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of gje

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

  1. 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[4], 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jiː/

Adverb

ġī

  1. Alternative form of ġēa

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Pronoun

gī

  1. you (plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
    • Low German: ji, jie
      • Plautdietsch: jie

Rawang

Alternative forms

  • vgi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki˧/

Noun

gi

  1. dog.

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

gi m (plural gis)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English give.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/

Verb

gi

  1. to give

Preposition

gi

  1. to (indicates indirect object)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian gi.

Noun

gi

  1. The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.
Usage notes
  • If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ji.

Noun

gi

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

Synonyms

  • ri

Welsh

Noun

gi m

  1. Soft mutation of ci.

Mutation

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡí/

Noun

gí

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

See also

  • (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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Japanese) a loose-fitting white suit worn in judo, karate, and other martial arts.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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