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

IPA^(key): /ˈji/

second-person singular imperative of jam

Compare Cogui zĩ.

worm

Comparative Chibchan Phonology (1981)

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water

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

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

Soft mutation of chi.

IPA^(key): [ˈjɪ]

ji f

accusative singular of ona

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

water

Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

IPA^(key): /ʒi/
Rhymes: -i

ji m (plural jis)

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

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒì/

jì

to sing

jì hàn (“to sing song”)

From French jus.

IPA^(key): /ʒi/
IPA^(key): /ʒy/

juice

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

ji (grade Ø)

to hear
to understand
to listen
to feel, taste, smell
to injure, cause to feel

jiye

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

From Proto-Igboid *í-ŋ̀-gíyí. Cognate with Ekpeye íyí, Ogbah ìdʒí, Ezaa dʒí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ìdʒí, Ika ìgí.^[1] Further cognates probably include Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu (Igala úchu, Ede Idaca ichu, Yoruba iṣu), and Proto-Nupoid *iti (Nupe eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici).

^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎^[1]

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

water

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

grandfather

aji
kaji

IPA^(key): [jɪ]

ji f

(third-person feminine singular) she

jinai (colloquial)

Lithuanian personal pronouns

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

IPA^(key): [tʃi³³]

(Yao'an) root

From English gee.

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˈd͡ʒi]

ji (plural ji-ji)

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

ga (Jawi letter name)
ge (Indonesian)

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

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

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Alternative spelling of jire (“to go”)

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

IPA^(key): [ʒɪ]

of
from

ji f (plural jis)

jay (the letter j, J)

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈji/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈji/

dual accusative of oně

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

jī

you (plural)

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

IPA^(key): /ˈxi/ [ˈxi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ji

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

ji f (plural jíes)

chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ

he (denotes laughter)

“ji”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

water

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

Variant orthographies
ALIV	ji
Brazilian standard	fi
New Tribes	ji

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

IPA^(key): [hʷi]

ji (possessed jiyü)

older brother (of a woman)
older male parallel cousin (of a woman)

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 72: “jiiyu”

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