# 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: /ɡiː/
* Rhymes: -iː
* Homophone: ghee

### Noun

gi (plural gis or gi)
* 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.

### Anagrams

* IG, Ig, ig

## Breton
### Noun

gi
* Soft mutation of ki.

## Chamorro
### Preposition

gi
* at
* in
* on

## Cornish
### Noun

gi
* 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: [ˈɡi]
* Hyphenation: gi

### Noun

gi (plural gi-gi)
* (archaic, Hinduism) ghee
    Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega

### Further reading

* “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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: /ˈd͡ʒi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: gì

### Noun

gi f (invariable)
* 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: /ɡi/

### Verb

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

## Lashi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡi˧]
* Hyphenation: gi

### Particle

gi
* 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.

### References

* 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: /ɣi/

### Noun

gi
* kava plant, Piper methysticum
* 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: /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, informal 1st possessive giku, 2nd possessive gimu, 3rd possessive ginya)
* (archaic) ghee.
    Synonym: minyak sapi

### Etymology 2

Clipping of pergi.

#### Verb

gi (Jawi spelling ݢي)
* (colloquial) Alternative form of pergi
    Kau gi ngan siapa?Who are you going with?

### Further reading

* “gi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Matal
### Pronoun

gi
* I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
    Gi zil Yahudiya, tayyà gi à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, gi bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39).I [am] a Jewish man, I was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, I [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)
    Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw gi aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39).For I tell you, you will never see me from now on until you say (Mathhew 23:39)

### References

* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Acts/21
* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/23

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

### Pronoun

gi
* you (nominative, plural)
* you (nominative, singular, informal)

#### Usage notes

This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.

#### Alternative forms

* ji

#### Descendants

* Dutch: gij, jij
** Afrikaans: jy
** Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
** Jersey Dutch: jāi
** Negerhollands: joe, ju
** Petjo: jij
* Limburgish: geer

### Further reading

* “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle Low German
### Alternative forms

* gê, î, y, ie, jê

### Etymology

From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʝiː/

### Pronoun

gî
* you, ye (nominative, plural)

#### Declension

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

#### Descendants

* Low German: ji, jie
** Plautdietsch: jie

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jiː/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)
* to give (to transfer the possession of something to someone else)

#### Derived terms

* angi
* avgi
* energigivende
* frigi
* gjengi
* lovgivende
* lovgivning
* navngi
* omgi
* oppgi
* prisgi
* tilgi
* tilkjennegi
* utgi

### References

* “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)
* Alternative form of gje

## Nupe
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡí/

#### Verb

gí
* to eat
* to devour; to gnaw

##### Derived terms

* eyangíci (“food”)
* gigí (“eating”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡí/

#### Verb

gí
* to wear out

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡí/

#### Verb

gí
* to stand
    Synonym: gíkinni

##### Derived terms

* gíkinni (“to stand; to cease”)
* kinnigí (“standing”)

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

### Pronoun

gī
* you (plural)

#### Alternative forms

* *gir (South-eastern)

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: gi
** Dutch: gij, jij
*** Afrikaans: jy
*** Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
*** Jersey Dutch: jāi
*** Negerhollands: joe, ju
*** Petjo: jij
** Limburgish: geer

#### Further reading

* “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jiː/

### Adverb

ġī
* Alternative form of ġēa

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.

### Pronoun

gī
* you (plural)

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
** Low German: ji, jie
*** Plautdietsch: jie

## Rawang
### Alternative forms

* vgi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki˧/

### Noun

gi
* dog.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* di (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)
* de (Surmiran)

### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

### Noun

gi m (plural gis)
* (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English give.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/

### Verb

gi
* to give

### Preposition

gi
* to (indicates indirect object)

## Sumerian
### Romanization

gi
* Romanization of 𒄀 (gi)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [jɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jɪj˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Derived from Italian gi.

#### Noun

gi
* The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.

##### Usage notes

* If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ji.

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

* ri

## Welsh
### Noun

gi m
* Soft mutation of ci.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɡí/

### Noun

gí
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

### 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