yi

See also:Appendix:Variations of "yi"

Translingual

Symbol

yi

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforYiddish.

English

Etymology 1

FromUkrainianї(ji).

Letter

yi(lower case,upper caseYI,pluralyisoryi's)

1. The Cyrillic letterЇї,used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn Alpha bets.

Etymology 2

FromArmenianյի(yi).

Letter

yi(lower case,upper caseYI,pluralyisoryi's)

1. The Armenian letter Յ, յ.

Afar

Etymology

Cognate withSahoyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈji/ [ˈjɪ]

Determiner

yí

1. my

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd personm	3rd personf
Personal	Singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	Plural	ni	sin	ken
Reflexive	Singular	inní	isí
	Plural	ninní	isinní,sinní

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yi”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English),University of London,→ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1],Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ji/

Pronoun

yi

1. 3rd person singular object personal pronoun

Usage notes

This is likely to have ananimatereferent, while theclitic-amis employed for aninanimatereferent.

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns

Subject personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		I	we,wu
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		i	dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person		me	we
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		yi,-am	dem,-am

Determiner

yi

1. 3rd person singularpossessive determiner

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners

		singular	plural
1st person		my	we
2nd person		your	wuna
3rd person		yi	dia

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

yi

1. Alternative form ofji

Dazaga

Noun

yi

1. water

References

• Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur,Grammaire et textes teda-daza(1956)
• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert,L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad(1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi

Japanese

Romanization

yi

1. Thehiraganasyllable𛀆(yi)or thekatakanasyllable𛄠(yi)inHepburnromanization.
2. Thehiraganasyllableいぃ(yi)or thekatakanasyllableイィ(yi)inHepburnromanization.

Lashi

Etymology 1

FromProto-Lolo-Burmese*ray,fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*rya-t.Cognates includeBurmeseရယ်(rai)andNuosuꒉ(yy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ji˧/,[ji˨˧]

Verb

yi

1. (intransitive)tolaugh

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jḭː˧/

Verb

yi

1. (intransitive)togo

   Sara jung hkyoyibye.―The teacher hasgoneto school.(Quoting Luk, p. 26)

Alternative forms

• ye

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jiː˧/

Noun

yi

1. necklace

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ji˧/,[ji˧]

Particle

yi

1. Used to mark the plural of a noun depicting a human being.

   Hit mo jocangyimyócò nyit.―There are many childrenhere.(Quoting Luk, p. 119)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017)A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2],Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page15,

Mandarin

Romanization

yi

1. Nonstandardspelling ofyī.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofyí.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofyǐ.
4. Nonstandardspelling ofyì.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Determiner

yi

1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal)Alternative form ofþi(“thy”)

Murrinh-Patha

Conjunction

yi

1. and

References

• Mark Abley,Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages(2003)

Norman

Alternative forms

• ieil(Guernsey)
• u(continental Normandy)

Etymology

From older*ye,fromOld Frenchueil,fromVulgar Latinoclus,fromLatinoculus,fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ji/
• (Sark)IPA^(key):/jɪ/

• Audio(Jersey):

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Noun

yim(pluralièrs)

1. (Jersey,anatomy)eye
2. (Jersey)openingof lobster pot

Synonyms

• (eye):cricot,criquinne(childish)

Derived terms

• à l'yi nu(“with the naked eye”)
• à veue dg'yi(“in sight”)
• aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis(“to have good eyesight”)
• aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre(“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”)
• aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut'(“to have a squint”)
• balle dé l'yi(“eyeball”)
• clyîn dg'yi(“wink”)
• coup d'yi(“glance”)
• dans un clyîn dg'yi(“in the wink of an eye”)
• d'la carre d'san yi(“out of the corner of one's eye”)
• entré quat's ièrs(“to one's face”)
• êt' tout à ièrs(“to be all eyes”)
• freunmer l'yi(“to have a nap”)
• ièrs dé boeu(“oxeye daisy”)
• lanchi eune pathe dg'ièrs(“to throw a glance”)
• mauvais yi(“evil eye”)
• par sus l's ièrs(“up to the eyeballs”)
• preunelle dé l'yi(“pupil”)
• Sắc rvi au dé et à l'yi(“to wait on hand and foot”)
• s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi(“to put one's foot in it”)
• tout à ièrs(“all eyes”)
• vaie d'la carre d'san yi(“to see out of the corner of one's eye”)
• yi nu(“naked eye”)
• yi pochi(“black eye”)

Related terms

• à pèrte dé veue(“out of sight”)
• apèrchévance(“glimpse”)
• aveuglier(“to blind”)
• aveugl'ye(“blind”)
• blyîntchi,clyinn'ter(“to blink”)
• clyîn (dg'yi)(“wink”)
• clyinn'téthie(“blinking”)
• connaître dé veue(“to know by sight”)
• èrgard(“look”)
• èrgarder(“to look”)
• faithe des ilyies(“give someone the eye”)
• faithe un clyîn,donner un clyîn(“to give a wink”)
• fixer(“to stare at”)
• forchi la veue(“to strain one's eyes”)
• lèrme(“tear”)
• leunettes d'solé(“sunglasses”)
• leunettes(“glasses”)
• longue-veue(“telescope”)
• n'pon dormi un clyîn(“not to sleep a wink”)
• paûpiéthe(“eyelid”)
• paûpil'ye(“eyelash”)
• plieuther(“to cry”)
• s'mither(“to look at oneself in the mirror”)
• soucile(“eyebrow”)
• vaie doubl'ye(“to see double”)
• vaie d'près(“to be shortsighted”)
• vaie d'travèrs,r'garder gare(“to squint”)
• vaie rouoge(“to see red”)
• vaie(“to see”)
• vèrre d'approche(“magnifying glass”)
• veue(“eyesight”)

Salar

Noun

yi

1. Alternative form ofyiy

Tedaga

Noun

yi

1. water

References

• Charles Le Coeur, Marguerite Le Coeur,Grammaire et textes teda-daza(1956)
• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert,L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad(1997), page 75: Teda, Daza yi

Toba

Noun

yi

1. older/elderbrother

References

• María Belén Carpio, Marisa Censabella (2012) “Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba”, in Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada Fernández, editors,Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas(in Toba),→ISBN

Wutunhua

Wutunhua numbers^(edit)

		10
		1	2 →[a],[b]	10 →
Cardinal:yi,yi-zek Ordinal:di-yi,dangwo

Etymology

FromMandarinMột(yī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[i]

Numeral

yi

1. one

   Synonym:yi-zek

References

• Erika Sandman (2016)A Grammar of Wutun‎^[3],University of Helsinki (PhD),→ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jí/

Noun

yí

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterY/y.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)lẹ́tà;á,bí,dí,é,ẹ́,fí,gí,gbì,hí,í,jí,kí,lí,mí,ní,ó,ọ́,pí,rí,sí,ṣí,tí,ú,wí,yí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jí/

Verb

yí

1. (transitive)totopple
2. (intransitive)to betoppled

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jí/

Verb

yí

1. (intransitive)torotate

Derived terms

• yíyí

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jī/

Verb

yi

1. (intransitive)to betough

Derived terms

• yíyi