gi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"

English

Etymology

From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, “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, published 2000, page 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 […]

   • 2022 September 20, Danya Hajjaji, “‘Really nice guy’: Tom Hardy surprises competitors with entry and victory in martial arts contest”, in The Guardian‎:

     Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue gi, subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.

Related terms

• dogi
• judogi
• karategi
• keikogi

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 (ghī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀺𑀤 (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡi]
• Hyphenation: gi

Noun

gi (plural gi-gi)

1. (archaic, Hinduism) ghee

   Synonyms: minyak samin, cairan mentega

   Synonym: minyak sapi (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “gi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gi f (invariable)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English give.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi/

Verb

gi

1. to give
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 12:3:

     Kaaz a di gif we Gad gi mi, mi a tel unu: No bada tingk se unu muor dan wa unu riili bi. Insted-a dat unu fi ombl unuself an joj unuself bies pan di fiet we Gad gi unu

     For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 22:1:

     Den di ienjel shuo mi di riva wid di waata we gi laif. Di waata did a kom fram Gad an di Biebi Shiip chuon. Di waata did so klier it luk laik kristal.

     Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

     (literally, “Then the angel showed me the river with water that gives life. The water came from God and the Lamb throne. The water was so clear it looked like crystal”)

   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 19:

     Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se an ekspres demself; dis miin se dem av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se widout notn a get ina dem wie, an fi siik out, get an gi infamieshan an di tingz dem we dem tingk bout ina dem ed, bai eni miinz no mata di baada lain dem we set op ina dem konchri.

     Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

     (literally, “Everybody has the right to free to say what they want, to express themselves; this means that they have the right to be free to say what they want without anything happening to them and to seek out and give information  […]”)

Further reading

• gi at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

gi

1. The hiragana syllable ぎ (gi) or the katakana syllable ギ (gi) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [ɡi˧˧]
• (Mongko) IPA^(key): [ke˧˧]
• Hyphenation: gi

Particle

gi

1. Used to mark the preceding noun as a subject.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:1 [Genesis 1:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎, page 2:

     Xang꞉ shiˮ moo Mangsoo gi mougkhung꞉ yoʼ myidjang ri phainˮ so꞉ toˮ.

     First, God created heaven and earth.

Derived terms

• yuggi

References

• Qingxia Dai; Jie Li (2007), 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 329
• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 22

Lo-Toga

Etymology

Cognate with Hiw ga, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa, Tongan kava. From Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣi/

Noun

gi

1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

Further reading

• p.526 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

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

Noun

gi (Jawi spelling ݢي, plural gi-gi or gi²)

1. (archaic) ghee.

   Synonym: minyak sapi

Etymology 2

Clipping of pergi.

Verb

gi (Jawi spelling ݢي)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of pergi

   Kau gi ngan siapa?

   Who are you going with?

Further reading

• "gi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017