# i

| i | U+0069, &#105; LATIN SMALL LETTER I |
| ← h [U+0068] | Basic Latin | j → [U+006A] |
| ⁱ | U+2071, &#8305; SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER I |
* [unassigned: U+2072–U+2073]
| ← ⁰ [U+2070] | Superscripts and Subscripts | ⁴ → [U+2074] |
| ⅰ | U+2170, &#8560; SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE |
| ← Ⅿ [U+216F] | Number Forms | ⅱ → [U+2171] |
| ｉ | U+FF49, &#65353; FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER I |
| ← ｈ [U+FF48] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | ｊ → [U+FF4A] |

## Translingual
### Etymology 1

Lower case variation of upper case I, from Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “Iota”).

#### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

#### Letter

i (upper case İ)
* In the Turkish alphabet and its descendants, the lower-case form of dotted capital İ, which contrasts with ı as the lower-case form of dotless capital I.

#### See also

* (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* (Variations of letter I): Íí Ìì Ĭĭ Îî Ǐǐ Ïï Ḯḯ Ĩĩ Įį Īī Ỉỉ Ȉȉ Ȋȋ Ịị Ḭḭ Ɨɨɨ̆ ᵻ ᶖ İi Iı ɪ Ｉｉ ﬁ ﬃ IJij Ĳĳ
* (Letters with dot): Ȧȧ Ạạ Ặặ Ậậ Ǡǡ Ḃḃ Ḅḅ Ċċ Ḋḋ Ḍḍ Ėė Ẹẹ Ḟḟ Ġġ Ḣḣ Ḥḥ Ii İi Iı Ịị Ḳḳ Ḷḷ Ṁṁ Ṃṃ Ṅṅ Ṇṇ Ȯȯ Ọọ Ợợ Ṗṗ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ Ṡṡ Ṣṣ ẛ Ṫṫ Ṭṭ Ụụ Ựự Ṿṿ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ Ẋẋ Ẏẏ Ỵỵ Żż Ẓẓ
Derived symbols
* j
* ɨ — IPA
* İ and ı — Turkish
Similar and related symbols
* Ι and ι — Greek
* І and і — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian
* Ӏ and ӏ — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages
* ا — Arabic (alif)
* 1 — Arabic numeral
* Ꭵ — Cherokee (IPA: ə̃)
* ᛁ — Runic
* ɪ — IPA

### Etymology 2

* (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
* (engineering, electric current): abbreviation of French intensité du courant first used by M. André-Marie Ampère
* (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index
* (linguistics): abbreviation of identity

#### Pronunciation

* Pronunciation of IPA [iː]:(file)

#### Symbol

i
* (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, $i$ is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
    Synonym: j
    a+bi with a is real part and b is imaginary part
* (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in an electric circuit, frequently measured in amperes.
    v=ir (Ohm's Law)
* (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
    Synonym: j
* (IPA, romanization) a close front unrounded vowel.
* (superscript ⟨ⁱ⟩, IPA) [i]-coloring, an [i] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [i].
* (international standards) transliterates Indic इ (or equivalent).
* (financial mathematics) annual effective interest rate
* (subscript, linguistics) indicates that two items are identical or coreferential (refer to the same thing). E.g. CV$_i$CV$_i$ means a sequence of consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel, where the two V's are the same vowel; Sally$_i$ ... she$_i$ means that 'she' refers to 'Sally'. A second identity may be indicated with j.

### Etymology 3

Lower case form of upper case Roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

#### Alternative forms

* I, Ⅰ, ⅰ

#### Numeral

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)
* cardinal number one.
* (music) minor tonic triad

#### See also

* Next: ii (2)
* Roman numerals

### Gallery

* Letter styles
* Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
* Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

### See also

Other representations of I:
| NATO phonetic: India Morse code: ·· Braille: ⠊ ASL Manual: I | Signal flag: | Semaphore: |

## English
### Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/
* (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA: /aɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophones: aye, eye

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I, plural is or i's)
* The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

##### Usage notes

The English letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from Middle English /iː/), as in the pronoun I, or /ɪ/ as in bit.

##### See also

* (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

#### Number

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### Noun

i (plural ies)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
** the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
** i-mutation, i-umlaut

##### Alternative forms

* eye

#### Derived terms

* dot the i's and cross the t's
* i-adjective
* i-breve
* i-dotter
* i-dotting
* i-mutation
* i-stem
* i-umlaut
* i-word
* long i
* short i

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed

### Etymology 2

From Old English iċ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɪ/
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophones: aye, eye

#### Pronoun

i
* (nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of I
** 1762, Benj[amin] Stillingfleet, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To Which Is Added the Calendar of Flora., 2nd edition, London: […] R. and J. Dodsley, […]; S. Baker, […]; and T. Payne, […], pages 30 and 32:Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. […] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion.

##### Usage notes

* Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.
* Sometimes to indicate informality, primarily in typed media

### Etymology 3

Abbreviations.
* (Stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨i⟩
* (Stenoscript) the long vowel /aɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written.)
* (Stenoscript) the words if, is, it, its

## Acehnese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

### Noun

i
* water

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Adangme
### Pronoun

i
* I
    I suɔ mo. ― I love you.

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

### Preposition

i m
* masculine singular preposition
* of (+ dative)
    Fisi i Malësorëve. ― The tribe of Highlanders.
    Fisi i Malësorëvet. ― The tribe of the Highlanders.

### Article

i m
* masculine singular nominative adjectival article
* the
    Shkurt. I shkurt. I shkurti. ― Short. Short one. The short one. or Short. Shorty. The shorty.
    Madh. I madhi zot. / Zoti i madh. ― Great. The great god.

#### See also

See Appendix:Albanian adjectival articles for other forms.

### Numeral

i (Gheg)
* Dialectal form of një

### Related terms

* e, të, së

## Alemannic German
### Pronoun

i (unstressed)
* I (first-person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: (stressed) ich

## Ama
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ĩː/

### Noun

i
* tooth

## Anambé
### Noun

i
* water

### Further reading

* Paul Ehrenreich, Materialien zur Sprachenkunde Brasiliens IV: Vocabulare der Guajajara und Anambē (Para) (1895) (i)
* Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

## Araweté
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Eliete de Jesus Bararuá Solano, Descrição gramatical da Língua Araweté, page 80, 2009

## Aruá
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 44

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɪ/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)
* The fourteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

## Bambara
### Pronoun

í
* thou, you (singular)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Noun

i (indeclinable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* y (Niederbayerisch)

### Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Cognates include German ich and Yiddish איך (ikh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i(ː)/, (stressed) [iː], (unstressed) [ɪ], [e]

### Pronoun

i
* I
** 2013, “I halts nit aus [I can't endure it]”, performed by Hannah:I halts nit aus, des Scheißgefühl, i kann di doch liaben wann und wo i will!I can't endure this shitty feeling, I can, after all, love you when and where I want!

#### See also
## Bislama
### Particle

i
* Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

## Borôro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Noun

i
* tree

## Bourguignon
### Alternative forms

* je (rare)

### Etymology

From Old French je, from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego. Near cognates include Franc-Comtois i and standard French je.

### Pronoun

i
* I
    I panse qu'i seus maulaide. ― I think that I'm sick.
    I t'aime. ― I love you.
* we

#### Related terms

See Appendix:Bourguignon personal pronouns.

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Alternative forms

* he, she, it (in higher registers closer to English with corresponding gender distinction)
* il, ele (Camfranglais with Romance gender distinction)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Pronoun

i
* 3rd person singular subject personal pronoun

#### See also
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈi]
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* Homophone: hi
* Rhymes: -i

#### Noun

i f (plural is)
* the Latin letter I (lowercase i)

##### Derived terms

* i comercial
* i grega

### Etymology 2

From Old Catalan e.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [i]
* Homophone: hi
* Rhymes: -i

#### Conjunction

i
* and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to
    Hi ha moltes colomes i teuladins. ― There are many pigeons and sparrows.
    Ella escriu els articles i ell els il·lustra amb els seus dibuixos. ― She writes the articles and he illustrates them with his drawings.

##### Alternative forms

* y (obsolete)
* e (medieval, obsolete)

### References

* “i” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “i”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “i” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “i” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cèmuhî
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kutu.

### Noun

i
* louse

### References

* Jim Hollyman,K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

## Chuukese
### Pronoun

i
* him
* her
* it

#### Related terms
## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* ich (Sette Comuni)

### Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Cognate with German ich, English I.

### Pronoun

i
* (Luserna) I
    I hån an pruadar un a sbestar. ― I have a brother and a sister.

#### Inflection
### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Classical Nahuatl
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Verb

ī
* (transitive) to drink

## Cornish
### Pronoun

i
* they

## Corsican
### Etymology

From the earlier li. Compare Italian i (“the”) and Romanian îi (“them”).

### Article

i m pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, feminine plural e)
* the (masculine plural)

#### Usage notes

* Before a vowel, i turns into l'.

### Pronoun

i m pl
* them (direct object)

#### Usage notes

* Before a vowel, i turns into l'.

#### See also
### References

* https://infcor.adecec.net/

## Czech
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ/
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

i
* and (also), and even
    Synonyms: (Moravian) aj, (Moravian) aji
* even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)
    Synonyms: (Moravian) aj, (Moravian) aji
    I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech. ― Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

#### Derived terms

* i když

### Further reading

* “i”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “i”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille. Compare Italian i, gli.

### Article

i
* the; masculine plural definite article

#### Related terms

* el
* la
* le

## Dama (Sierra Leone)
### Etymology

Likely cognate with Vai [script needed] (i, “you”).

### Pronoun

i
* The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
** I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
** you (second-person singular person pronoun)

#### Usage notes

The rememberer who glossed this word did so as "I", but Dalby proposes that this is an error, based on the Vai pronouns.

### 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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -i
* Homophone: I
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

#### Preposition

i
* in, inside
* Indicates exponentiation.
    tre i femte ― three to the power of five (Short for tre i femte potens (“three in fifth power”); note that the exponent is in the ordinal form.)
* for (some duration)
    Jeg har boet her i tre år. ― I have lived here for three years.
* Used to indicate a past time or period when something took place.
    Han fyldte seks år i mandags. ― He turned six years old on Monday.
* Used to indicate regular presence in a location.
    Pigen går i gymnasiet og er 17 år. ― The girl goes to high school and is 17 years old.
* Used in conjunction with time to indicate a number of minutes before a full hour.
    fem minutter i tolv ― five minutes to twelve
* Used when indicating that something is happening or repeated a number of times within each time period.
    tre gange i timen ― three times a day
* Indicates affiliation with a profession.
    professor i fysik ― professor of physics

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish æ, e, from Old Norse æ, ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”), *aiwaz. May always be used as a prefix.

#### Adverb

i
* (archaic) always, forever
    Synonyms: altid, stedse, evig, bestandig, idelig

### References

* “i” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Drehu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Noun

i
* fish

### References

* Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* (letter name): IPA: /i/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, Ĳ ĳ), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with Swedish i.

### Preposition

i
* in

## Emilian
### Alternative forms

* j- (before vowels)
* -i (after consonant)
* -j (after vowels)

### Etymology

From Latin illī (“they”) (nominative plural of ille).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Hyphenation: i

### Pronoun

i (personal)
* (nominative case, masculine) they
* (accusative case, masculine) them

#### Related terms

| Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Reflexive (-self) | Comitative (with) |
| Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | me | me | mêg |
| Singular | Second | — | tè | et | te | te | te | têg |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | ló | al | al | ge | se | sêg |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | lê | la | la | | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | First | Feminine | nuētri | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Second | Feminine | vuētri | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Third | Masculine | lôr | i | i | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | Third | Feminine | lôr | el | li | ge | se | sêg |

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /i/
* (phoneme): IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

### Noun

i (accusative singular i-on, plural i-oj, accusative plural i-ojn)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiː/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

## Extremaduran
### Conjunction

i
* and

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* e, y

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese e.

### Conjunction

i
* and (expressing two elements to be taken together)

#### Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:i.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/
* Homophone: y

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The tenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

### Noun

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

## Finnish
### Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and i for information on the development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* Audio; “ii, Inari, liivi, ii”:(file)

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

## Foi
### Noun

i
* eye
* seventeen
* twenty-one

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

i m (plural is)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### Derived terms

* droit comme un i
* i grec
* mettre les points sur les i

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin illi.

### Article

i m pl (singular il)
* the

#### Inflection
### Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)
* to him
* to her

### See also

* la, lis
* lui, jê, lu, le

## Fula
### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Galician alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Noun

i m (plural is)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* y

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [j]

#### Particle

i
* an antihiatical particle that, due to sandhi, can precede a word which begins with a vowel sound after a word which ends with vowel sound; now rarely represented in written language
** 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.Oh, Xan, watch out, don't get sick, nor sentence with meanness, watch out that your soul you're losing

## Gothic
### Romanization

i
* Romanization of 𐌹

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese ele.

#### Pronoun

i
* he, she (third person singular).

### Etymology 2

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Spanish y.

#### Conjunction

i
* and

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Pronoun

i
* (Okap) he, she, it

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Particle

i
* used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object
    Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole. ― The cat ate the mouse.
* used to indicate past tense (precedes verb)
    I hana au. ― I worked.
* used to indicate perfect participle (precedes verb)
    i haʻalele ― having left, who had left

### Preposition

i
* in, at
* (indicating destination) to

### See also

* iā

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of i – see 伊 (“he, him; she, her; it”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊).

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈi]
* (letter name): IPA: [ˈi]

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

### Further reading

* i in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ɪː/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The eleventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA: /i/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Igbo
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The twelfth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* ị (retracted tongue position)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Pronoun

i (dependent form, independent form gị)
* (personal) you (singular)
    Kedụ ka i mere?How are you?

##### See also

| | | dependent | independent | object/possessive |
| Singular | first | m, a/e- ... -m | m, mụ | m, mụ |
| Singular | second | ị, i | ngị, gị | gị |
| Singular | third | ọ, o | ya | ya |
| Plural | first | anyị | anyị | anyị |
| Plural | second | ụnụ | ụnụ | ụnụ |
| Plural | third | ha, a/e- ... -ha | ha | ha |
| Indefinite | Indefinite | a/e | - | - |

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /i/
* (phoneme): IPA: /i/, /ɪ/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и (i).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈi]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈi]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: i

### Conjunction

i
* and
    Miä läkkään ižoraks i soomeks. ― I speak Ingrian and Finnish.
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19:Repo i kana.A fox and a hen.

#### Synonyms

* ja, da

### Particle

i
* also, as well, too
    Mut, miä läkkään i viroks. ― But, I speak Estonian, too.
** 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:Mäni da i heittiis makkaamaa, ja makkais taas hoomuksee nasse.He went and threw himself to sleep, too, and he slept up till the morning again.(Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Iƶorat laatiit kansan, kumpa keelen poolest kuuluu läns-fenniläisiin kansoin gruppaa ja sil viisii i iƶoroin keeli kuuluu läns-fenniläisee keelisisteemaa.The Ingrians make up a people, that based on their language belongs to the group of Finnic peoples and as such the language of Ingrians also belongs to the Finnic language family.

#### Synonyms

* kera, tože, ja

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 86
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 44
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 79

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (“your”, pl), dhá (“two”), titles of books, films, and the like, and foreign words that resist mutation)

### Etymology

From Old Irish i, from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ/, /ə/

### Preposition

i (plus dative, triggers eclipsis, before the definite article s-, ins)
* in

#### Derived terms

* i dtaisce
* i gceann
* i mborr le
* in ionad
| Basic form | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Copular forms | Copular forms | Copular forms |
| Basic form | an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* | de mo dem* | de do ded*, det* | dá | dár | dár | dar | darb | darbh |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* | do mo dom* | do do dod*, dot* | dá | dár | dár | dar | darb | darbh |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* | i do id*, it* | ina | inár | inar | inar | inarb | inarbh |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* | le do led*, let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* | ó mo óm* | ó do ód*, ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh |
| *Dialectal. |||||||||||
* See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "i"

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 139

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Reduced form of gli, from earlier li, from Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: i

#### Article

i m pl (singular il)
* the

##### Usage notes

* i is used before masculine plural words beginning with a single consonant other than x or z, or the plural noun dei; gli is used before masculine plural words beginning with a vowel, x, z, gn, or multiple consonants including pn, ps, and s+consonant, and before the plural noun dei.

##### Derived terms

* dei

### Etymology 2

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/$^*$
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: ì

#### Letter

i f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### Noun

i f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i

##### Derived terms

* i lunga

##### See also

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

### References

* ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 126

### Further reading

* i in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Italiot Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡ (hē).

### Article

i
* feminine nominative singular of o

## Iu Mien
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯i (“two”). Cognate with White Hmong ob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] oub.

### Numeral

i
* two

## Japanese
### Romanization

i
* The hiragana syllable い (i) or the katakana syllable イ (i) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese e.

### Conjunction

i
* and

## Kabyle
### Etymology

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

### Preposition

i
* to, for

## Kankanaey
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog i. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English i.

#### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ʔaj/ [ʔai̯]
** Rhymes: -aj
* (phoneme) IPA: /ʔi/ [ʔi̞]
** Rhymes: -i
** Syllabification: i

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ee, the English name of the letter E/e.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ʔi/ [ʔi̞]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i

#### Noun

i
* The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) letra; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, endyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

## Kashubian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i

### Etymology 1

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and i for development of the glyph itself.

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *i.

#### Conjunction

i
* coordinating conjunction; and

#### Alternative forms

* ë

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “i”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 1, page 515
* “i”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Ladin
### Article

i m (plural)
* the

#### See also

* l
* la, l'
* les

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* y

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish é, e (“and”), from Latin et (“and”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Spain):(file)

### Conjunction

i (Hebrew spelling אי)
* and
    Coordinate term: o
** 2019 May 22, Silvio & Eyal Ovadya, “Un evenimyento, una dicha/un proverbo”, in Şalom‎:Me demando: de ke no azesh este konserto en Estanbol. Es mas kolay de ir i vinir.She asked me: why don't you do this concert in Istanbul. It's easier to go and come.
* too

### References

* ↑ “i”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latgalian
### Etymology

Shortened from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ir, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥- (“thus”), preserved as such in Latvian ir and Lithuanian ir. Not related to Proto-Slavic *i and its descendants.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈi]
* Hyphenation: i

### Conjunction

i
* and

### Particle

i
* too, also

### References

* Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈiː/, [ˈiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈiː]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ī f (indeclinable)
* The name of the letter I.

##### Coordinate terms

* (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

#### References

* "i", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* i in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

ī
* go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō
    I intro iam nunc. ― Now then, go in.

## Latvian
### Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: [i]
* Audio:(file)

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latvian letters) latviešu burti; Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: [i]ƀ

#### Noun

i m (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

##### See also

* (Latvian letter names) latviešu burtu vārdi; a, garais ā, bē, cē, čē, dē, e, garais ē, ef, gā, ģē, hā, i, garais ī, jē, kā, ķē, el, eļ, em, en, eņ, o, pē, er, es, eš, tē, u, garais ū, vē, zē, žē

## Liangmai Naga
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Pronoun

i (dual anai, plural aliu)
* I

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Article

i m pl (singular o)
* the

#### Inflection
## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɪ/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Lower Grand Valley Dani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: IPA: /i/

### Noun

i
* water

### References

* H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
* H. Myron Bromley, The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani (2013)
* The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
* The name of the Latin-script letter i/I.

### Conjunction

i
* (archaic) and

### Interjection

i!
* ew!, ick!

### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
* See Template:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “i”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “i”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Lule Sami
### Verb

i
* second-person singular present of ij

## Lushootseed
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/, /eɪ/

### Letter

i
* The fifteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a non-low front unrounded vowel.

## Makasar
### Article

i (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗ)
* article for personal names and pronouns

## Malay
### Letter

i
* The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ/ (short phoneme)
* IPA: /iː/ (long phoneme)
* IPA: /ɪː/ (long phoneme before the letters għ, ħ, h, q; merges with ie)
* IPA: /ɛj/, /aj/ (after għ; variation is regional and idiolectal)

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The twelfth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

## Mandinka
### Pronoun

i
* you (personal pronoun)
    as i busa ― he/she struck you.

#### See also
## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Particle

i
* from
* past-tense verbal particle
* particle indicating the direct object of a transitive sentence
* past-tense particle indicating location

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

i
* Alternative form of in (“in”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

i
* Alternative form of I (“I”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

i
* Alternative form of he (“they”)

## Middle Irish
### Alternative forms

* a

### Preposition

i (triggers eclipsis)
* in, into

#### Usage notes

See the Old Irish entry for inflection, combining forms and more information.

#### Descendants

* Irish: i
* Scottish Gaelic: an
* Manx: ayns

## Middle Low German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Pronoun

i m
* Alternative form of gî.

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Latin et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Conjunction

i
* and

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. Cognate with German ich, English I.

### Pronoun

i (dative mer)
* I

#### Inflection
### References

* “i” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Mondé
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 44

## Murui Huitoto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈi]
* Hyphenation: i

### Root

i
* this, that (anaphoric, aspecific)

#### Derived terms

* iaɨmaiaɨ

### References

* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 161

## Navajo
### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script:
    i = /ɪ˨/
    į = /ɪ̃˨/
    í = /ɪ˥/
    į́ = /ɪ̃˥/
    ii = /iː˨˨/
    įį = /ĩː˨˨/
    íi = /iː˥˨/
    į́į = /ĩː˥˨/
    ií = /iː˨˥/
    įį́ = /ĩː˨˥/
    íí = /iː˥˥/
    į́į́ = /ĩː˥˥/

## Neapolitan
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

i
* Alternative spelling of ire (“to go”)

### Etymology 2

From Latin ego.

#### Alternative forms

* ije

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iː]

#### Pronoun

i
* I: the first-person singular nominative personal pronoun.

## Nheengatu
### Etymology

From Old Tupi i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.
* Hyphenation: i
* Rhymes: -i

### Pronoun

i
* (second-class) third-person singular personal pronoun (he, him, his, she, her, it, its)
    I akanhemu uikú nhaãsé i kirá uikú.He is scared because he is fat.
    Indé reputari repitá i irũmu.You want to stay with him.
    Indé remeẽ manungara i xupé.You give something to him.
    I manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.His mother enters the new house.

#### Usage notes

* As a second-class pronoun, i is used as the subject of a sentence when its verb is a second-class one (those verbs are sometimes referred to as adjectives). The personal pronoun i is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama. Unlike other second-class pronouns, i is used when governed by the postposition supé. Finally, i is used as a possessive pronoun as well.

#### See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns :
| singular | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
| first-person | ixé | se |
| second-person | indé | ne |
| third-person | aé | i |
| plural | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
| first-person | yandé | yané |
| second-person | penhẽ | pe |
| third-person | aintá (or tá) | aintá (or tá) |

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎ (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, pages 11 and 104
* Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “i”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 311

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ə] (reduced vowel)
* IPA: [ɪ] (short full vowel)
* IPA: [iː] (long vowel, spelt ii)

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### Usage notes

* The reduced vowel is mostly represented by ⟨e⟩. The alternative use of ⟨i⟩ is restricted to the insular dialects:
** In Föhr-Amrum Frisian, it only occurs when the suffix -n is added to a word whose basic form ends in -e. For example, fraagin is infinitive II of fraage (“to ask”), distinguished from fraagen, the plural of fraag (“question”).
** In Sylt Frisian, any word-final [ə] is spelt ⟨i⟩. It remains before inflectional -n or -s, but changes to ⟨e⟩ before other suffixes. For example, fraagi → fraagin, but dü fraagest. Moreover, ⟨i⟩ occurs in the prefix bi- and word-internally in adapted borrowings (ginau from German, Janiwaari from Latin).

##### See also

* (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Sylt) IPA: [ɪ]

#### Pronoun

i (Sylt)
* you, you all (second-person plural personal pronoun)

##### Alternative forms

* jam (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

##### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse í (“in”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *én (“in”).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /iː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /iː/, /i/, /ɪ/

### Letter

i
* The ninth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Preposition

i
* (location) in, inside of
    Ligge i sengen ― Laying in bed
    Oppe i fjellene ― Up in the mountains
* (duration of time) for, in, during
    Møtet varte (i) to timer ― The meeting lasted two hours (literally, “The meeting went during two hours”)
    Han var utenlands i mange år ― He lived abroad for many years
    I høst, i vår, i dag, i går ― In autumn, in spring, today, yesterday
* (condition, state) in
    Være i fred ― To be in peace
    Være i god form ― To be in shape (physically fit)
    Leve i fattigdom ― To live in poverty
* (means, method) in
    Betale i gull ― To pay in gold.
    Gjøre noe i all hast ― To do something urgently (literally, “To do something in all haste”)
    i hemmelighet ― in secret
* pertaining to, in reference to
    I deg har jeg en sann venn. ― In you I have a true friend.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”). Akin to English in.

#### Preposition

i
* (location) in, inside of
    No er me i Noreg. ― We are currently in Norway.
* (duration of time) for, in, during
* (condition, state) in
* (means, method) in
* pertaining to, in reference to

##### Derived terms

* i dag
* i eino
* i fjor
* i forfjor
* i går
* i hel
* i hende
* i lag
* i land
* i live
* i morgon
* i mutom
* i ny og ne
* i tide
* i vente
* i år
* iallfall
* ifrå
* igjennom
* imellom
* inni
* uti

#### Adverb

i
* Used together with certain verbs.

### Etymology 2

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

#### Letter

i (upper case I, definite singular i-en, indefinite plural i-ar, definite plural i-ane)
* The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

##### Derived terms

* i-land
* i-mål
* prikken over i-en

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

i (objective me, possessive min)
* (dialectal) alternative letter-case form of I; alternative form of eg (“I”)

### Etymology 4

From Old Norse ér, ír, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Possibly via Danish I. Compare with de.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

#### Pronoun

i (objective jær or ær or ør, possessive jærs or ærs or ørs)
* (obsolete, dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)
** 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge (overall work in Danish), Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Co., page 2:men æg undras paa, at i sku kjenn' mæg; æg trur aller, at æg kjenne ør; æg tyks aller ha sett ør før.Though I wonder how you would know me. I don't think I know you. I don't think I've ever seen you before.

### References

* “i” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* Torp, Alf (1919) “I”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 240
* Ivar Aasen (1850) “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

### Anagrams

* I, i-

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /i/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ĩ/

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The eleventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

i f (plural is)
* i (the letter i, I)

#### Derived terms

* i grèga

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin hīc.

### Adverb

i
* there
** c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:Et grant compagnie i a d'omesAnd there is a large company of men

#### Descendants

* French: y

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* hí, hi

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *en (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (compare English in, Latin in, Ancient Greek ἐν (en)).
The third-person singular masculine and neuter inflected dative form and is not derived from a contraction with a pronoun. Instead, it was originally an adverb with an independent etymology. See its page for its etymology.

### Preposition

i (triggers eclipsis)
* in [with dative]
* into [with accusative]
* in regard to, as to [with dative]
* as [with accusative]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:i.

#### Inflection

Combinations with the definite article:
* isin (accusative masculine/feminine singular)
* issa (accusative neuter singular)
* isin(d) (dative singular)
* isna (accusative plural)
* isnaib (dative plural)
Combinations with possessive determiners:
* im (“in my”) (1st person singular)
* inna, na (“in his/her/its/their”) (3rd person)
The form i is unchanged in combination with a relative pronoun.

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: i, a
** Irish: i
** Scottish Gaelic: an
** Manx: ayns

### Further reading

* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 842, pages 518–22; reprinted 2017

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin hīc.

### Adverb

i
* there
** 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour — Anc no gardei sazo ni mes
    E las melhors domnas i son !And the best women are there!

#### Descendants

* Occitan: i

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* hi

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *i. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /i/
* IPA: (15th CE) /i/

### Conjunction

i
* and (cumulative coordinating conjunction)

#### Descendants

* Polish: i
* Silesian: i

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “i, hi”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* î (after vowels)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (atonic) /i/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: i

### Pronoun

i (2nd class, 3rd person singular and plural, 1st class equivalent a'e)
* he, she, they, it
* him, her, them
* his, her, their, its
* (dummy pronoun) it
    Gûyrá i porangThe bird is beautiful(literally, “bird it beautiful”)
    AîkutukI poked it

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: i

### See also

| Person | Number | Nominative／Accusative | Nominative／Accusative | Nominative／Accusative | Possessive | Possessive | Dative | Dative | Objective |
| Person | Number | Subject | 1st class | 2nd class | Nonreflexive | Reflexive | 1st class | 2nd class | Objective |
| Singular | 1st | | ixé | xe | xe | xe | ixébe／ixébo | xebe／xebo |
| Singular | 2nd | îepé | endé | nde | nde | nde | endébe／endébo | ndebe／ndebo | oro- |
| Singular and Plural | 3rd | | a'e | i | i | o | i xupé | i xupé |
| Plural | 1st exc | | oré | oré | oré | oré | orébe／orébo | orébe／orébo |
| Plural | 1st inc | | îandé | îandé | îandé | îandé | îandébe／îandébo | îandébe／îandébo |
| Plural | 2nd | peîepé | peẽ | pe | pe | pe | peẽme／peẽmo | peẽme／peẽmo | opo- |
| Plural | Indefinite | | asé | asé | asé | asé | asébe／asébo | asébe／asébo |

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 149, column 1

## Paicî
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Noun

i
* louse

### References

* Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* y (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e and Kabuverdianu i.

### Conjunction

i
* and

## Pijin
### Particle

i
* Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈi/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i
* Homophones: -i, -i-

### Etymology 1

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and i for development of the glyph itself.

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The twelfth letter of the Polish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish i.

#### Conjunction

i
* and
    Adam i Ewa tylko zjedli jabłko. ― Adam and Eve only ate an apple.
    Patrzę na nią i oczom nie wierzę. ― I look at her and can't believe my eyes.
* even
    Wychodząc i kaloryfer nam naprawił. ― Leaving he even repaired our radiator.
    I ślepa wiewiórka czasem znajdzie orzech. ― Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
    Ja krowy to i w telewizji nigdy nie widziałem. ― I never saw a cow, even on TV.
* also, too
    I mnie się podoba wasz wybór. ― I like your choice too.
    Czy i my? ― We too?
* so, so that
    Zmęczyłem się i nie byłem już w stanie grać w koszykówkę. ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore.
    Byłeś głupi, i cierp teraz. ― You were a fool, so now suffer.
* (i...i) as well as
    Polsce potrzebne są i armia, i flota. ― Poland needs an army as well as a navy.
* emphasizing particle
    I dobrze. ― Fine.

##### Derived terms

* i to
* (possibly) bajbardzo

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), i is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 2473 times in scientific texts, 2409 times in news, 3061 times in essays, 2636 times in fiction, and 1806 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 12385 times, making it the 2nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “i”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 148

### Further reading

* i in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* i in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “i”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “i”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 16.09.2009
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “i”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “i”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “i”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 71

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈi/
* Hyphenation: i
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Noun

i m (plural is)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Particle

i
* relational particle that marks the object of a verb

#### Usage notes

Used in all cases except with verbs of sensing; in which case, use e.

### Preposition

i
* at
* in

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* (International Standard) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
* (Pan-Vlax) The thirteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

### Etymology 2
#### Article

i f sg (masculine singular o, plural e)
* the; feminine singular definite article
    i Sperànca ― Speranza
    i Rumùnia ― Romania

##### Usage notes

* The definite article is used with proper nouns (given names and place names) as well.

##### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: IPA: /i/, /j/, /ʲ/

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

##### Usage notes

See I for notes on pronunciation.

##### See also

* (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

### Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic и (i).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Conjunction

i
* (obsolete) and
    Synonym: și

##### Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of iproci (and so on...)

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Particle

i
* used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object

### Preposition

i
* (indicating destination) to

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin hīc (“here”).

### Pronoun

i (adverbial)
* there (at a place)
* there, thither (to there)
    Synonyms: bi, nche

## Sassarese
### Etymology 1

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

#### Noun

i f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i

### Etymology 2

Apocopic form of in.

#### Preposition

i
* Alternative form of i'
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.About the native town, in her delicate heart, a mother remembered it was as green and full of flowers as a garden.

## Sathmar Swabian
### Pronoun

i
* I

### References

* Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

## Savi
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Decker, Kendall D. (1992) Clare F. O’Leary, editor, Languages of Chitral (Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan; 5)‎, Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistani Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, page 185, Summer Institute of Linguistics
* Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎, Stockholm: Stockholm University, page 49

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English i, variant of in (“in”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪ/

### Preposition

i
* in

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by h and followed by l. Its traditional name is iodh (“yew”).

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
* (diacritics) ◌̀
* (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish sí. Cognates include Irish sí and Manx ee.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/, (accented) /iː/

#### Pronoun

i (emphatic ise)
* third-person feminine pronoun; she, her, it

##### See also

$^1$ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. $^2$ sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/

#### Letter

i (Cyrillic spelling и)
* The thirteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)

#### Conjunction

i (Cyrillic spelling и)
* and
    Ivica i Marica se vole ― Ivica and Marica love each other.
    i tako dalje ― and so on
* (i… i…) both… and…
    ne možeš istovremeno i tužiti i suditi. ― you can't simultaneously both sue and judge
* also, too, as well
    i meni se sviđa vaš odabir ― I like your choice too
* even (usually preceded by čȁk)
    (čak) i ja sam pozvan na zabavu! ― even I have been invited to the party
* (ne sȁmo… nȅgo/vȅć i…) also, too
    on je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv ― he is not only talented, but also very industrious
* so, so that (= te, pa)
    umorio sam se i nisam mogao više igrati košarku ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

## Sicilian
### Etymology 1

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Noun

i f
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i

##### Derived terms

* i greca
* i longa

### Etymology 2

From the lenition of li, from the conflation of the apheresis of Latin illī and illae, both nominative plurals of ille.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/ (stressed)
* IPA: /ɪ/ (unstressed)

#### Article

i m pl or f pl
* (masculine and feminine plural definite article) the
    Synonym: li

##### Usage notes

* As for other Romance languages, such as Neapolitan or Portuguese, Sicilian definite articles have undergone a consonant lenition that has led to the phonetic fall of the initial l. The use of this illiquid variant has not yet made the use of liquid variants disappear, but today it is still the prevalent use in speech and writing.
* In the case of the production of literary texts, such as singing or poetry, or of formal and institutional texts, resorting to "liquid articles" and "liquid articulated prepositions" confers greater euphony to the text, although it may sound a form of courtly recovery.
* Illiquid definite articles can be phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancini (liquid) and ârancini (illiquid).

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From the lenition of li, from the conflation of the apheresis of Latin illī and illae, both nominative plurals of ille.

#### Alternative forms

* li (liquid form)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/ (stressed)
* IPA: /ɪ/ (unstressed)

#### Pronoun

i m pl or f pl
* (accusative) them
    Synonym: li
    I canusci? ― Do you know them?
* (accusative) it, this or that thing
    Synonym: li
    Quannu tî desi. ― When I gave them to you.

##### Usage notes

* This pronoun can blend in contracted forms with other particles, especially other personal pronominal particles.

##### Inflection
## Silesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i

### Etymology 1

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and i for development of the glyph itself.

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case i)
* The eleventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ǒ ǒ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish i.

#### Conjunction

i
* coordinating conjunction; and
    Synonym: a

### Further reading

* i in silling.org

## Silimo
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 105

## Sirionó
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Phonemes of the Siriono Language
* A Flip-Flop in Siriono

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/, /j/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Slovak
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi/

### Conjunction

i
* and
* as well as

#### Derived terms

* i keď

### Further reading

* “i”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Gaj's Latin alphabet i, from Czech alphabet i, from Latin i, lower case variation of I from the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “iota”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, “yod”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, /ˈî/, /i/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̂], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/, /ȉ/, /i/
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: /ˈiː/, /ˈi/, /i/, [ˈɪː], [ˈɪ], SNPT: /í/, /ì/, /i/
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], SNPT: [ī]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈiː], SNPT: [í], Audio:(file)
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* Rhymes: -iː ([-í]) (non-tonal)
* Hyphenation: i
* Homophones: I, i (tonal and non-tonal)
* Homophone: i (without length distinctions)

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
* The fifteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
* The eleventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

#### Symbol

i
* (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [i].

#### Noun

ī m inan
* The name of the Latin script letter I / i.
* (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /i/.

##### Inflection

* Overall more common
* More common when with a definite adjective
* Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

#### Derived terms

* dolgi i
* ì
* ȋ
* ī
* ȉ
* í
* ï
* kratki i
* ɨ

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈîː], SNPT: [ȋ]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈiː], SNPT: [í], Audio:(file)
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* Rhymes: -iː ([-í]) (non-tonal)
* Hyphenation: i
* Homophones: i, I (tonal and non-tonal)
* Homophone: i (without length distinctions)

#### Interjection

i
* used to denote happiness after correct assumption
    Synonyms: a, aha, e, oho, olala
    I, pa si le lagal.Ha, you were lying after all.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈî], SNPT: [ȉ]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈi], SNPT: [ì]
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* Rhymes: -i ([-ì]) (non-tonal)
* Hyphenation: i
* Homophone: i (tonal and non-tonal)
* Homophones: i, I (without length distinctions)

#### Interjection

i
* (archaic) used to denote unhappiness or unpleasant surprise
    Synonyms: ah, uh
* (archaic) used to denote that speaker is indifferent to the topic
    Synonyms: eh, e, o
    I ja, saj ti verjamem.Whatever, I believe you.

### Etymology 4

Derived from Proto-Slavic *i (“and”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *éy, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Cognates with Serbo-Croatian i, Macedonian и (i), Bulgarian и (i), Old Church Slavonic и (i), Czech i, Polish i, Kashubian ë, Slovak i, Belarusian і (i), Belarusian й (j), Carpathian Rusyn й (j), Ukrainian і (i), Ukrainian й (j), and Russian и (i).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [i], [ˈî], SNPT: [i], [ȉ]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [i], [ˈi], SNPT: [i], [ì]
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* Rhymes: -i ([-ì]) (non-tonal)
* Hyphenation: i
* Homophone: i (tonal and non-tonal)
* Homophones: i, I (without length distinctions)

#### Conjunction

i
* (obsolete) and
    Synonyms: in, ino, no, ter, pa

##### Usage notes

Use of i as a conjunction in Slovene is obsolete and not well-known, so most nowadays speakers usually relate it with other Slavic languages rather than with old Slovene. Nowadays, its derivative, in is used, which is etymologically speaking a stressed variant, but has since lost the initial difference.
As opposed to in, i can be pronounced as stressed or unstressed form in all contexts (but if taken out of context, only the stressed version is allowed) whereas in is stressed only if taken out of context.

##### Derived terms

* in
* ino
* itak

### Etymology 5

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [i], SNPT: [i]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [i], SNPT: [i]
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈîː], SNPT: [ȋ]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈiː], SNPT: [í], Audio:(file)
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
* Rhymes: -iː ([-í]) (non-tonal)
* Hyphenation: i
* Homophones: i, I (tonal and non-tonal)
* Homophone: i (without length distinctions)

#### Particle

i
* (obsolete) also
    Synonyms: tudi, prav tako, ravno tako, isto, istotako, še, vključno

### Further reading

“i”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* (Phoneme): IPA: /i/, /j/
* (Letter name): IPA: /i/
** Audio (Spain):(file)

### Etymology 1

Directly from Latin.

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: i latina

#### Noun

i f (plural íes)
* name of the letter I

#### Derived terms

* i griega
* i latina
* poner los puntos sobre las íes

### Etymology 2

See y.

#### Conjunction

i
* Obsolete spelling of y.

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronoun

i
* Pronunciation spelling of yu.

## Sumerian
### Romanization

i
* Romanization of 𒄿
* Romanization of 𒉌

## Swabian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Pronoun

i
* I

#### Coordinate terms
## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/, [ˈɨ͜zː]
* Audio (Gotland):(file)

#### Adverb

i (verb particle)
* used to signify that an action is done with intensity

##### Derived terms

* ligga i
* stå i
* ta i

#### Preposition

i
* in; located inside
* in; specifies a place, a region or a country
    Kim bor i Stockholm, som ligger i Sverige.Kim lives in Stockholm which lies in Sweden.
* (about time) to; before a full hour or, if used in the phrase "fem i halv", a half-hour
    Antonym: (past) över
    Middag serveras mellan sex och kvart i åtta varje kväll.Dinner is served between six and quarter to eight every evening.
* (about time) for; duration
    Jag sover i flera timmar.I sleep for several hours.
* (in various constructions) last, previous
    i måndagslast Monday
    i julaslast Christmas

##### Usage notes

In definition 5, (last, previous) the following noun gets a suffix -s (weekdays: i måndags) or -as (seasons: i höstas, certain holidays, e.g. jul, midsommar, påsk, pingst). Other holidays instead use förra, senaste, sista, e.g. förra nyåret.

##### Derived terms

* I
* i akt
* i dag
* i det (att)
* i ett
* i fatt
* i fjol
* i fjor
* i fred
* i fråga
* i gång
* i höstas
* i julas
* i jåns
* i kapp
* i kraft
* i kväll
* i land
* i midsomras
* i morgon
* i morron
* i morse
* i måndags
* i natt
* i pingstas
* i påskas
* i somras
* i stånd
* i stället
* i synnerhet
* i sänder
* i vintras
* i våras
* i väg
* i-balk
* i-järn
* i-land
* i-ljud
* i-omljud
* i-stål
* iaktta
* ibland
* iblanda
* idag
* idriftsättning
* idrifttagande
* idrifttagning
* ifall
* ifatt
* ifjol
* ifjor
* ifred
* ifråga
* ifrågakomma
* ifrågasätta
* ifrågasättande
* ifrågavarande
* ifrån
* ifylla
* ifyllnad
* ifyllning
* iföra
* igen
* igång
* igångkörning
* igångsätta
* ihakning
* ihjäl
* ihop
* ihåg
* ihålig
* ihållande
* ihälld
* ihällning
* ihängande
* ihängsen
* ihärdig
* ijåns
* ikapp
* iklä
* ikläda
* ikraft
* ikring
* ikull
* ikväll
* iland
* ilasta
* ilastning
* iläggning
* iläggsskiva
* imatning
* imorgon
* imorron
* inatt
* ini
* inuti
* iordninggjord
* iordninglagd
* iordningställa
* iplockad
* iplockning
* iråkad
* iröra
* iscensätta
* iscensättare
* iscensättning
* isittande
* iskarvning
* iskruvning
* iskuren
* islag
* islagen
* islagning
* istadarätt
* istadig
* istickning
* istoppad
* istoppning
* istoppstäcke
* istånd
* istället
* iständsätta
* isydd
* isyning
* isynnerhet
* isåning
* isänder
* isär
* isättning
* itu
* ituta
* ity
* itänd
* iväg
* iögonenfallande
* iögonfallande

##### See also

* inuti
* I

### Etymology 2

from Proto-Germanic *ek.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

#### Pronoun

i
* (pitemål) I

### References

* i in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* i in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* i in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* i in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish i. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English i.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜁ (i).
* Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish i.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈʔaj/ [ˈʔaɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -aj
** IPA: /ˈʔi/ [ˈʔi] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
*** Rhymes: -i
** IPA: /ˈi/ [ˈi] (phoneme, stressed)
*** Rhymes: -i
** IPA: /i/ [ɪ] (phoneme, unstressed)
*** Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)
* The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ay and written in the Latin script.

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I, Baybayin spelling ᜁ)
* The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called i and written in the Latin script.
* (historical) The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called i and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

#### Noun

i (Baybayin spelling ᜁ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter I/i, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) ay
* (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter I/i, in the Abecedario
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) ay

##### See also

* ii

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ee, the English name of the letter E/e.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔi/ [ʔɪ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i

#### Noun

i (Baybayin spelling ᜁ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter E/e, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet and Abecedario) e

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

### Further reading

* “i”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Preposition

i
* at
* in

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian یک (yek).

### Numeral

i
* one

## Tarifit
### Preposition

i (Tifinagh spelling ⵉ)
* to
    yewc-it i weɣyuř-nnesHe gave it to his donkey.
* for

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔì]

### Pronoun

i
* your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Probably from English is

### Particle

i
* Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.→New International Version translation

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* Hyphenation: i

### Preposition

i
* in, on, at
** 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.This foundation is recognised in the villages and if their people repetedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
* on, during
* with, by, using
* because of

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 26

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Preposition

i
* in

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)
* The twelfth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

### Noun

i
* The name of the Latin-script letter İ/i.

#### See also

* (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/, /iː/

### Letter

i (upper case I)
* The tenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French i or Portuguese i.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧]

### Noun

i
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### Synonyms

* i ngắn

## Volapük
### Adverb

i
* also, too, as well
** 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:Cils äbinons-li i pö zäl et? Si! elogob us tumis.Were there children at that party as well? Yes, I've seen hundreds of them there.
** 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:Äbejäfom i poedavi, ed äpübom dü lunüp timapenädi: ‚Sionsharfe’.He also practiced poetry, and for a long time, he published the magazine "Sionsharfe".

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и (i).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈi/, [ˈi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: i

### Conjunction

i
* and
    Synonym: ja

### Particle

i
* also, as well, too

#### See also

* i ... i (“as ... so”)

### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Classical Latin ille.

#### Pronoun

i
* he

##### Related terms

* lu

### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin illos, used in place of the missing third-person pronoun, from Latin illos, accusative plural of ille.

#### Pronoun

i
* they

##### Related terms

* zels

## Wano
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Willem Brurung, The Phonology of Wano, SIL Electronic Working Papers 2007-003 (2007), page 30

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ì
* (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): í
* (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): î
* (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ï

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The thirteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by h and followed by l.

##### Mutation

* i cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word iwrch (“roe deer”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

##### Derived terms

* Digraph sequences: iw

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
* (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

#### Noun

i f (plural ïau)
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

##### Mutation

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

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.

#### Pronoun

i
* I, me

##### See also

* fi (“I, me”)
* mi (“I, me”)

### Etymology 3

From Middle Welsh y, from Old Welsh di (pronounced /ði/), from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Cornish dhe (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

#### Preposition

i (triggers soft mutation)
* to, into (a place)
    Aethon nhw iʼr ysbyty.They went to the hospital.
* for (a recipient)
    Mae’r jem i Siân.The jewel is for Siân.
    Dw i’n prynu teiar newydd i’n car.I'm buying a new tyre for our car.
* that
    Maen nhw’n dweud iddi hi yfed gormod o gwrw.They say that she drank too much beer.

##### Usage notes

* I is often used to indicate direction "to" a place or "(in order) to" do an action in contrast to at, which indicates direction "to" a person.
** Rwy'n mynd i'r feddygfa. ― I'm going to the surgery.
** Rwy'n mynd i weld y meddyg. ― I'm going to see the surgery.
** Rwy'n mynd at y meddyg. ― I'm going to the doctor.
    See o for a similar distinction for "from".
* The literary language distinguishes between unemphatic personal forms and personal forms with emphasis on the pronoun.
** Rhaid inni fynd. ― We must go. (no particular emphasis)
** Rhaid i ni fynd. ― We must go. (emphasis on we)
    In less formal language, this distinction is not made in writing.
   * Rhaid i ni fynd. ― We must go. (no particular emphasis)
* Used as a preterite tense form of ‘that’. The subject moves to the front of the subordinate clause, directly following i, and the verb changes back to its verbal noun form.

#### Inflection
##### Derived terms

* i mewn
* Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "i"

##### See also

* bod
* mai
* y

## West Makian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Verb

i
* (intransitive) to go
    nii i nopoli ― please go and buy
* (intransitive) to leave

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Adverb

i
* still
    te ne isasafo i ― this tea is still hot

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

#### Adverb

i
* makes a request or command more polite, please
    nii i nopoli ― please go and buy
    nifi sesine i ― please come up here

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## White Lachi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i³³/, /ʔi³¹/, (Jinchang) /i⁴⁴/, (Tân Lợi) /ʔi²²/

### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Weera Ostapirat, Proto-Kra, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23(1) (2000) (as ʔi) (see ASJP)
* ↑ Tai-Kadai 100-wordlists, compiled by Ilya Peiros
* ↑ Jerold A. Edmondson, kenneth J. Gregerson, Outlying Kam-Tai, in Mon-Khmer Studies 27
* ↑ ABVD, citing Li Yunbing [李云兵], A Study of Lachi [拉基语硏究 / Laji yu yan jiu] (Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she, 2000)
* ↑ ABVD, citing Ryuichi Kosaka [小坂, 隆一], A descriptive study of the Lachi language: syntactic description, historical reconstruction and genetic relation (2000, PhD dissertation, Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

## Yele
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/

### Letter

i
* A letter of the Yele alphabet.

#### Derived terms

* The digraph ⟨ii⟩ transcribes the long vowel /iː/
* The digraph ⟨꞉i⟩ transcribes the nasal vowel /ĩ/
* The trigraph ⟨꞉ii⟩ transcribes the long nasal vowel /ĩː/

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉

## Yola
### Preposition

i
* Alternative form of ing (“in”)
** 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 15:Maa bee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."May be upset in more care and hardship than I."
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 11:Or i a vaarin gees a shaar,Or of the fairing give us a share,

### References

* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47
* 1 2 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /i/
* (letter name): IPA: /í/

#### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The tenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called í and written in the Latin script.

#### Noun

í
* The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
* (Benin)
* (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
* (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: /í/

#### Particle

í
* Used to express the progressive tense in negative constructions.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (mid-tone): IPA: /ī/
* (high-tone): IPA: /í/

#### Pronoun

i
* him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /i/)

#### Pronoun

í
* him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /i/)

#### See also
## Yuqui
### Noun

i
* water

### References

* Perry N. Priest, A contribution to comparative studies in the Guaraní linguistic family, Language Sciences 9(1): 17-20, page 18 (1987)
* L. Villafañe, Gramática Yuki. Lengua Tupí-Guaraní de Bolivia (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ediciones del Rectorado, 2004), page 302

## Zia
### Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *inda.

### Noun

i
* tree

## Zou
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i˧/

#### Particle

i
* yes

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i˥˧/

#### Particle

ì
* no

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62

## Zulu
### Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)
* The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z