ji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Translingual

Symbol

ji

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

   Synonym: yi (current)

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /dʒi˧/

Noun

ji

1. granary

Further reading

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

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji/

Verb

ji

1. second-person singular imperative of jam

Atanques

Etymology

Compare Cogui zĩ.

Noun

ji

1. worm

References

• Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

Bambara

Noun

ji

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1. water

Derived terms

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

References

• Andrea Hollington, Traveling Conceptualizations (2015, →ISBN, page 105: Bambara ɲέ-ji eye-water 'tears'
• V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009) (with accent)

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒi]

Noun

ji

1. leopard

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary

Cornish

Noun

ji

1. soft mutation of chi

Czech

Alternative forms

• ni (prepositional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɪ]
• Hyphenation: ji

Pronoun

ji f

1. accusative of ona

   Miluji ji.

   I love her.

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Alternative forms

• yi

Etymology

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

Noun

ji

1. water

References

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

ji m (plural jis)

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

Gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒì/

Verb

jì

1. to sing

Derived terms

• jì hàn (“to sing song”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi/
• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

Noun

ji

1. juice

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ji (grade Ø)

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

Related terms

• jiye

References

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