jei

See also: jèi, -jei, je'i, jéí, jéì, and jêi

Translingual

Symbol

jei

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yei.

Cornish

Noun

jei

  1. soft mutation of chei

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From jé +‎ yì (“to go”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒé.jì/, /d͡ʒé.ì/

Verb

jéì (Nigeria)

  1. to be going
    Yẹ́n jéì àzọ́n mẹ̀ tò afọ́nnu ― I'm going to work in the morning

Japanese

Romanization

jei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ジェイ

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *is. Akin to Lithuanian ji.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛ̀i̯]
  • Hyphenation: jei

Pronoun

jei

  1. she

Usage notes

  • In reported speech, when referring to the author, an inflection of šei is used.
  • In reported speech, when referring to the addressee, an inflection of tu is used.

Declension

Declension of jei
singular plural
nominative jei juos
genitive juos jūs
dative jai jom
accusative jū juos
locative jimā jimuos

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns
first second third
anaphoric logophoric
m f m f
singular es tu jis jei šys šei
plural mes jius jī juos šī šuos

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to jis (“he”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jæj]

Conjunction

jéi

  1. if (supposing that)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “jéi” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 478 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jää.

Noun

jei

  1. ice

Mokilese

Verb

jei (progressive jeijeijei)

  1. (intransitive) to paddle
  2. (intransitive) to go by boat

References

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