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ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"
Languages (38)
Translingual
Achang • Albanian • Atanques • Bambara • Bassa • Bole • Chungli Ao • Cornish • Czech • Dama (Sierra Leone) • French • Gun • Haitian Creole • Hausa • Igbo • Japanese • Jenaama Bozo • Jingpho • Kawahiva • Lithuanian • Lolopo • Lotha Naga • Malay • Mandarin • Neapolitan • Northern Kurdish • Occitan • Old Czech • Old Frisian • Polish • Portuguese • Serbo-Croatian • Spanish • Western Dani • Ye'kwana • Yoruba • Zarma
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of German Jiddisch.

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ji

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Yiddish.
    Synonym: yi (current)

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Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /dʒi˧/

Noun

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ji

  1. granary

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page 51

Albanian

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Verb

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ji

  1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

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Etymology

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Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun

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ji

  1. worm

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  • Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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ji

  1. water

Derived terms

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  • ɲέ-ji (“tears”, literally “eye-water”)
  • dá-ji (“saliva”, literally “mouth-water”)
  • jidaga (“water-jug”)

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Bassa

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Noun

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ji

  1. leopard

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Bole

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Noun

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jī̀

  1. body

References

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  • Gimba, Alhaji M.; Ali, Malam B.; Bah, Madu (2009), Schuh, Russell G., editor, Bole-English-Hausa Dictionary‎[3], 2nd edition, Potiskum: Ajami Press, page 63

Chungli Ao

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Etymology

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Almost certainly related to achi (“to eat”), given how much of a staple food rice is.

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Noun

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ji

  1. cooked rice

Further reading

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  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 29
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 155
  • Clark, E. W. (1911), “ZI, ji”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

Cornish

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Noun

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ji

  1. soft mutation of chi

Czech

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Alternative forms

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  • ni (prepositional)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjɪ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ji

Pronoun

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ji f

  1. accusative of ona
    Miluji ji.
    I love her.

Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Vai ꕀ (jí) and Kono (Sierra Leone) yí.

Noun

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ji

  1. water

References

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  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

French

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Noun

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ji m (plural jis)

  1. jay, The name of the Latin script letter J/j.

Gun

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Verb

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jì

  1. to sing

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French jus.

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Noun

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ji

  1. juice

References

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  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[4], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 83

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒí/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ́]

Verb

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ji (grade Ø)

  1. to hear
  2. to understand
  3. to listen
  4. to feel, taste, smell
  5. to injure, cause to feel
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References

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  • Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

Igbo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Igboid *í-ŋ̀-gíyí. Cognate with Ekpeye íyí, Ogbah ìdʒí, Ezaa dʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ìdʒí, Ika ìgí.[1] Further cognates probably include Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu (Igala úchu, Ede Idaca ichu, Yoruba iṣu), and Proto-Nupoid *iti (Nupe eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici).

Noun

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ji

  1. yam

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  1. ^ Blench, Roger; Williamson, Kay; Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013), Comparative Igboid‎[1]

Japanese

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Romanization

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ji

  1. The hiragana syllable じ (ji) or the katakana syllable ジ (ji) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable ぢ (ji) or the katakana syllable ヂ (ji) in Hepburn romanization.

Jenaama Bozo

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Noun

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ji

  1. water

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Jingpho

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Noun

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ji

  1. grandfather

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Kawahiva

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Pronoun

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ji

  1. (Parintintín, Tenharim, Júma, Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Amondawa) I (first person singular)

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  • Wesley Nascimento dos Santos, Topics on the syntax of Kawahíva: A Tupí-Guaraní language from the Brazilian Amazon (2024)
  • LaVera Betts [compiler], Kagwahiva Dictionary (2012)

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *īˀ.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ji f

  1. (third-person feminine singular) she

Declension

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Declension of ji
singular dual plural
nominative jì jiẽdvi jõs
genitive jõs jų̃dviejų jų̃
dative jái jõdviem jóms
accusative ją̃ jiẽdvi jàs
instrumental jà jõdviem jomìs
locative jojè jiẽdviese josè

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Lithuanian personal pronouns
nominative
(vardininkas)
 genitive
(kilmininkas)
 dative
(naudininkas)
 accusative
(galininkas)
 instrumental
(įnagininkas)
 locative
(vietininkas)
 possessive
(savybiniai)
singular
(vienaskaita)
 1st person àš manę̃s mán manè manimi̇̀, manim̃ manyjè, manỹ màno
2nd person tù tavę̃s táu tavè tavimi̇̀, tavim̃ tavyjè, tavỹ tàvo
3rd person m ji̇̀s, jisai̇̃ jõ jám jį̇̃ juõ jamè jõ
f ji̇̀, jinai̇̃ jõs jái ją̃ jà jojè jõs
dual
(dviskaita)
 1st person m mùdu mùdviejų mùdviem mùdu mùdviem mùdviese mùdviejų
f mùdvi mùdvi
2nd person m jùdu jùdviejų jùdviem jùdu jùdviem jùdviese jùdviejų
f jùdvi jùdvi
3rd person m juõdu, jiẽdu jų̃dviejų jõdviem juõdu jõdviem jiẽdviese jų̃dviejų
f jiẽdvi jiẽdvi
plural
(daugiskaita)
 1st person mẽs mū́sų mùms mùs mumi̇̀s mumysè mū́sų
2nd person jū̃s jū́sų jùms jùs jumi̇̀s jumysè jū́sų
3rd person m jiẽ jų̃ ji̇́ems juõs jai̇̃s juosè jų̃
f jõs jóms jàs jomi̇̀s josè
reflexive
(sangrąžiniai)
 — savę̃s sáu savè savimi̇̀, savim̃ savyjè, savỹ sàvo

Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *m-je¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꐴ (njip).

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Noun

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ji

  1. (Yao'an) root

Lotha Naga

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Pronoun

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ji (plural jiang)

  1. that
    Antonym: shi
  2. Definite article: the

Further reading

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  • Witter, W. E. (1888), K. R. Murry, editor, Outline Grammar of the Lotha Naga Language, 1999 edition, Kyong Academy, pages 7-8, 32
  • Acharya, K. P. (1983), Lotha Grammar (CIIL Grammar Series), volume 10, Central Institute of Indian Languages, pages 89, 95

Malay

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Etymology

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From English gee.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˈd͡ʒi]

Noun

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ji (plural ji-ji)

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

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  • ga (Jawi letter name)
  • ge (Indonesian)

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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ji

  1. nonstandard spelling of jī
  2. nonstandard spelling of jí
  3. nonstandard spelling of jǐ
  4. nonstandard spelling of jì

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Neapolitan

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Verb

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ji

  1. alternative spelling of jire (“to go”)

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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from Proto-Iranian *Hača. Cognate with Persian از (az).

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Preposition

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ji

  1. of
  2. from

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Occitan

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Noun

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ji f (plural jis)

  1. jay (the letter j, J)

Old Czech

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Pronoun

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ji

  1. dual accusative of oně

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Pronoun

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jī (accusative jū, genitive jūwer, dative jū)

  1. ye, you (plural)

Declension

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik mī mī mīn
2nd person thū thī thī thīn
3rd
person 		m hī hine him sīn
f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
n hit hit him sīn
plural 1st person wī ūs ūs ūser
2nd person jī jū, jō jū, jō jūwer
3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

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  • North Frisian: jam, i (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: jie
  • West Frisian: jim, jimme

Polish

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Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    ji

    1. (Przemyśl) synonym of ależ
      Ji dej mi spokój! ― Just give me a break!

    Further reading

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    • Aleksander Saloni (1908), “ji”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎[5] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335

    Portuguese

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    Pronunciation

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    • Hyphenation: ji

    Noun

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    ji m (plural jis)

    1. (Northeast Brazil) The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
      Synonym: jota

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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Alternative forms

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    • ih (standard)

    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jixъ.

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    ji (Cyrillic spelling ји)

    1. (Torlakian) them (short accusative plural of on (“he”))
    2. (Torlakian) them (short accusative plural of oná (“she”))
    3. (Torlakian) them (short accusative plural of onó (“it”))

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    • Not all forms of Torlakian use the pronoun ji, some instead use gi or i.

    References

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    • Miloš Okuka, Srpski dijalekti, SKD Prosvjeta, Zagreb, 2008. page 266
    • Ljubisav Ćirić, Govori Ponišavlja, Institut za srpski jezik SANU, Beograd, 1999. page 138

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: ji

    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

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      ji f (plural jíes)

      1. chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

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      Interjection

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      ji

      1. he (denotes laughter)

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      Western Dani

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      Etymology

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      Klamer notes that "Western Dani shares a handful of look-alikes with the TAP languages", including this word (compare proto-TAP *jira "water").

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      ji

      1. water

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      • Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN)

      Ye'kwana

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      Variant orthographies
      ALIV ji
      Brazilian standard fi
      New Tribes ji

      Etymology

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      Perhaps from Proto-Cariban *pipi (“older brother”).

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      ji (possessed jiyü)

      1. older brother (of a woman)
      2. older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

      References

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      • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[6], Lyon
      • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012), Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 72: “jiiyu”

      Yoruba

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      • (high-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒí/
      • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒī/
      • (low-tone): IPA(key): /d͡ʒì/

      Etymology 1

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      Noun

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      jí

      1. The name of the Latin script letter J/j.

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      Etymology 2

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      Particle

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      jí

      1. (intransitive) to wake up
      2. (transitive) to wake somebody up
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      ji

      1. (transitive) to move gently

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      jì

      1. (intransitive) to move gently

      Etymology 5

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      From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

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      jí

      1. to steal
        Synonym: lè (obsolete)
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      Zarma

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      Noun

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      ji

      1. oil

      References

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      • David Bellama, Cours de Zarma pour le Niger: trainee's book (1976)
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