yi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yi"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yiddish or Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).

Symbol

yi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Yiddish.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yiddish terms

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho yi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji/ [ˈjɪ]
• Hyphenation: yi

Determiner

yí

1. my

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
personal	singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	plural	ni	sin	ken
reflexive	singular	inní	isí
	plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “yi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Akan

Verb

yi (reduplication yiyi)

1. to remove
2. to select

   Synonyms: yiyi mu, yɛ nyiyimu, sa mu

3. to pluck
4. to shave

   Synonyms: twerɛ, werɛ

   Menyi m'amɔtoam.

   I don't shave my armpit.

5. A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives.

Derived terms

• ayie (“a shave; a funeral”)
• yi adi (“to reveal”)
• yi ani (“to look away”)
• yi firi mu
• yi gu
• yi kyerɛ (“to demonstrate, reveal”)
• yi mu koraa
• yi sika

Pronoun

yi

1. this

   Synonyms: yei, nie

Noun

yi

1. withdrawal

Determiner

yi

1. (postpositive) this

   Synonym: wei

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji/

Pronoun

yi

1. 3rd person singular object personal pronoun

Usage notes

This is likely to have an animate referent, while the clitic -am is employed for an inanimate referent.

See also

Cameroon Pidgin personal pronouns

		singular	plural
Subject personal pronouns
1st person		I	we, wu
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		i	dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person		me	we
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		yi, -am	dem, -am

Determiner

yi

1. 3rd person singular possessive determiner

See also

Cameroon Pidgin possessive determiners

		singular	plural
1st person		my	we
2nd person		your	wuna
3rd person		yi	dia

Chungli Ao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji˧/, [ji˧]

Noun

yi

1. a kind of rice beer
   • 1967, “1 Samuel 1:15”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Ni yi mesüra mejemtzü majemer,

     I do not drink [this kind of rice beer] nor [that kind of rice beer],

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[2], Berkeley: University of California, page 61

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

yi

1. alternative form of ji

Dazaga

Noun

yi

1. water

References

• Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur, Grammaire et textes teda-daza (1956)
• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi

Dena'ina

Alternative forms

• ey (Inland)

Etymology

Compare Ahtna yii and Lower Tanana eyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji/

Pronoun

yi (Outer Cook Inlet, Upper Cook Inlet)

1. it; its; they (third-person non-human pronoun)

Related terms

• ye-

See also

Dena'ina independent pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	shi	nana, nayi, nayna
2nd person	nen	nhin, hin, henyi, qenyi
3rd person human	yin, yinen	yina
3rd person non-human	yi, ey
Reflexive	udi	qudi

References

• Kari, James (2013), Denaʼina Topical Dictionary, Revised Edition, Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 65

Japanese

Romanization

yi

1. The hiragana syllable 𛀆 (yi) or the katakana syllable 𛄠 (yi) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable いぃ (yi) or the katakana syllable イィ (yi) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [ji˧˧]
• Hyphenation: yi

Particle

yi

1. Used to mark the previous noun as a human plural.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 46:31 [Genesis 46:31]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[3], page 78:

     Hau꞉ thang꞉ Yoseb gi nya꞉ mang꞉ nhungˮ yi yoʼ nya꞉ yhoem꞉ byu yiri […]

     After that, Joseph [said to] his brothers and his household: […]

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011), A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 27
• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 56

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

• yit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji/

Postposition

yi (third-person singular form beyi)

1. inside, within

Derived terms

• be'aɬ k'oxudeniyi beyi dhedloyi (“toolbox”)
• beyi ch'edeltreghi ch'elik (“love song”)
• beyi ch'edelzuzi (“wild iris”)
• beyi ch'et'adhi (“frying pan”)
• beyi ch'etolyaghi (“washing machine”)
• beyi detotr'elyaghi (“washbasin”)
• beyi tadhdleni (“sluice box”)
• beyi tu tadhdleni (“waterpipe”)
• beyi xotr'edenel'iyi (“mirror”)
• beyi xwnel'ani (“binoculars”)
• beyit ch'eyiga' det'ani (“television”)
• beyit ch'eyiga' ghelniyi (“camera”)
• dechenh yi tso
• dechenh yi yex (“log cabin”)
• denyit (“canyon”)
• -dhoyi (“in the mouth”)
• dranhyit (“Sunday”)
• -dziyi (“inner ear”)
• nen' yi tso
• yi- (“into”)
• yigha' (“marrow”)
• yik'a (“within”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 474

Mandarin

Romanization

yi

1. nonstandard spelling of yī
2. nonstandard spelling of yí
3. nonstandard spelling of yǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of yì

Usage notes

• 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.

Middle English

Determiner

yi

1. (Northern, Northeast Midland) alternative form of þi (“thy”)

Murrinh-Patha

Conjunction

yi

1. and

References

• Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English he.

Pronoun

yi

1. they (singular gender-neutral pronoun)
   • 2018 February 20, “Cameroon: Group wan make Divisional Officer komot for Anglophone region”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[6], archived from the original on 11 August 2022:

     "You don hear say ah disturb Ambazonians or Southern Cameroons? Why dey go check say dey fit give me instructions?" na weti yi ask.

     "Have you heard that I disturbed Ambazonians or Southern Cameroons? Why are they going to check if they can give me instructions?" is what he asked.

Norman

Alternative forms

• ieil (Guernsey)
• u (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From older *ye, from Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji/
• (Sark) IPA^(key): /jɪ/

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

yi m (plural ièrs)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) eye
2. (Jersey) opening of lobster pot

Synonyms

• (eye): cricot, criquinne (childish)

Derived terms

• à l'yi nu (“with the naked eye”)
• à veue dg'yi (“in sight”)
• aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis (“to have good eyesight”)
• aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre (“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”)
• aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut' (“to have a squint”)
• balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”)
• clyîn dg'yi (“wink”)
• coup d'yi (“glance”)
• dans un clyîn dg'yi (“in the wink of an eye”)
• d'la carre d'san yi (“out of the corner of one's eye”)
• entré quat's ièrs (“to one's face”)
• êt' tout à ièrs (“to be all eyes”)
• freunmer l'yi (“to have a nap”)
• ièrs dé boeu (“oxeye daisy”)
• lanchi eune pathe dg'ièrs (“to throw a glance”)
• mauvais yi (“evil eye”)
• par sus l's ièrs (“up to the eyeballs”)
• preunelle dé l'yi (“pupil”)
• sèrvi au dé et à l'yi (“to wait on hand and foot”)
• s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi (“to put one's foot in it”)
• tout à ièrs (“all eyes”)
• vaie d'la carre d'san yi (“to see out of the corner of one's eye”)
• yi nu (“naked eye”)
• yi pochi (“black eye”)

Related terms

• à pèrte dé veue (“out of sight”)
• apèrchévance (“glimpse”)
• aveuglier (“to blind”)
• aveugl'ye (“blind”)
• blyîntchi, clyinn'ter (“to blink”)
• clyîn (dg'yi) (“wink”)
• clyinn'téthie (“blinking”)
• connaître dé veue (“to know by sight”)
• èrgard (“look”)
• èrgarder (“to look”)
• faithe des ilyies (“give someone the eye”)
• faithe un clyîn, donner un clyîn (“to give a wink”)
• fixer (“to stare at”)
• forchi la veue (“to strain one's eyes”)
• lèrme (“tear”)
• leunettes (“glasses”)
• leunettes d'solé (“sunglasses”)
• longue-veue (“telescope”)
• n'pon dormi un clyîn (“not to sleep a wink”)
• paûpiéthe (“eyelid”)
• paûpil'ye (“eyelash”)
• plieuther (“to cry”)
• s'mither (“to look at oneself in the mirror”)
• soucile (“eyebrow”)
• vaie (“to see”)
• vaie doubl'ye (“to see double”)
• vaie d'près (“to be shortsighted”)
• vaie d'travèrs, r'garder gare (“to squint”)
• vaie rouoge (“to see red”)
• vèrre d'approche (“magnifying glass”)
• veue (“eyesight”)

Salar

Noun

yi

1. alternative form of yiy

Tedaga

Noun

yi

1. water

References

• Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur, Grammaire et textes teda-daza (1956)
• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi

Toba

Noun

yi

1. older/elder brother

References

• María Belén Carpio; Marisa Censabella (2012), “Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba”, in Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada Fernández, editors, Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas (in Toba), →ISBN

Wutunhua

Wutunhua numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  → [a], [b]	10  →
Cardinal: yi, yi-zek     Ordinal: di-yi, dangwo

Etymology

From Mandarin 一 (yī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Numeral

yi

1. one

   Synonym: yi-zek

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jí/

Noun

yí

1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jí/

Verb

yí

1. (transitive) to topple
2. (intransitive) to be toppled

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jí/

Verb

yí

1. (intransitive) to rotate

Derived terms

• yíyí

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jī/

Verb

yi

1. (intransitive) to be tough

Derived terms

• yíyi