gei
English
Noun
gei (plural geis)
- Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”).
- 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, page 165:
- I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.
- 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., page 17:
- The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.
Anagrams
Cornish
Noun
gei
- soft mutation of kei
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)
- a gay person
- Kas sa oled gei?
- Are you gay?
Declension
Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gei | geid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | gei | ||
genitive | geide | ||
partitive | geid | geisid | |
illative | geisse | geidesse | |
inessive | geis | geides | |
elative | geist | geidest | |
allative | geile | geidele | |
adessive | geil | geidel | |
ablative | geilt | geidelt | |
translative | geiks | geideks | |
terminative | geini | geideni | |
essive | geina | geidena | |
abessive | geita | geideta | |
comitative | geiga | geidega |
See also
Italian
Etymology
Italianized form of English jay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛj/
- Rhymes: -ɛj
- Hyphenation: gèi
Noun
gei m (invariable)
- synonym of i lunga
Japanese
Romanization
gei
Luxembourgish
Verb
gei
- second-person singular imperative of geien
Mandarin
Romanization
gei
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mende
Noun
gei
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gei
- imperative of geie
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡei/ [ˈɡei̯]
- Rhymes: -ei
Noun
gei m or f by sense (plural geis)
- Humorous spelling of gay
Adjective
gei m or f (masculine and feminine plural geis)
- Humorous spelling of gay
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡei̯/
Verb
gei
- soft mutation of cei
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
cei | gei | nghei | chei |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
West Makian
Etymology
From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡe.i/
Verb
gei
- (stative) alternative form of gai (“dead”)
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tigei | migei | agei | |
2nd person | nigei | figei | ||
3rd person | inanimate | igei | digei | |
animate | magei | |||
imperative | —, gei | —, gei |
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics