# ji
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈji/

### Verb

ji
* second-person singular imperative of jam

## Atanques
### Etymology

Compare Cogui zĩ.

### Noun

ji
* worm

### References

* Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

## Bambara
### Noun

ji
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
* 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: [dʒi]

### Noun

ji
* leopard

### References

* Bassa-English Dictionary

## Cornish
### Noun

ji
* Soft mutation of chi.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɪ]

### Pronoun

ji f
* accusative singular of ona

## Dama (Sierra Leone)
### Alternative forms

* yi

### Etymology

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

### Noun

ji
* 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: /ʒi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

ji m (plural jis)
* jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

## Gun
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒì/

### Verb

jì
* to sing

#### Derived terms

* jì hàn (“to sing song”)

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French jus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒi/
* IPA: /ʒy/

### Noun

ji
* juice

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

ji (grade Ø)
* to hear
* to understand
* to listen
* to feel, taste, smell
* 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.

## Igbo
### Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *í-ŋ̀-gíyí. Cognate with Ekpeye íyí, Ogbah ìdʒí, Ezaa dʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ìdʒí, Ika ìgí. 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

ji
* yam

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎

## Japanese
### Romanization

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

## Jenaama Bozo
### Noun

ji
* water

### References

* V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

## Jingpho
### Noun

ji
* grandfather

#### Alternative forms

* aji
* kaji

#### Derived terms

* ji dim
* ji htung
* jiba
* jibawk
* jiboi
* jihtang

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɪ]

### Pronoun

ji f
* (third-person feminine singular) she

#### Synonyms

* jinai (colloquial)

#### See also
## Lolopo
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʃi³³]

### Noun

ji
* (Yao'an) root

## Malay
### Etymology

From English gee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˈd͡ʒi]

### Noun

ji (plural ji-ji)
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

#### Synonyms

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

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) huruf; e, bi, si, di, i, ef, ji, hec, ai, je, ke, el, em, en, o, pi, kiu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dabel yu, eks, way, zed

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ji
* Nonstandard spelling of jī.
* Nonstandard spelling of jí.
* Nonstandard spelling of jǐ.
* Nonstandard spelling of jì.

#### 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.

## Neapolitan
### Verb

ji
* Alternative spelling of jire (“to go”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒɪ]

### Preposition

ji
* of
* from

#### Derived terms

* ji alî
* ji bo
* ji ... re

## Occitan
### Noun

ji f (plural jis)
* jay (the letter j, J)

## Old Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈji/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈji/

### Pronoun

ji
* dual accusative of oně

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

jī (accusative jū, genitive jūwer, dative jū)
* ye, you (plural)

#### Descendants

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

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈji]

### Particle

ji
* (Przemyśl) Synonym of ależ
    Ji dej mi spokój! ― Just give me a break!

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ji

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

#### Noun

ji f (plural jíes)
* chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

ji
* he (denotes laughter)

### Further reading

* “ji”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Western Dani
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ji
* water

### References

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

## Ye'kwana
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hʷi]

### Noun

ji (possessed jiyü)
* older brother (of a woman)
* older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, 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
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

jí
* The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

#### 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
#### Particle

jí
* (intransitive) to wake up
* (transitive) to wake somebody up

##### Derived terms

* jíjí

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

ji
* (transitive) to move gently

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

jì
* (intransitive) to move gently

### Etymology 5

From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́

#### Verb

jí
* to steal
    Synonym: lè (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* ojí (“thief”)

## Zarma
### Noun

ji
* oil

### References

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

## Zou
### Noun

ji
* spouse

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf