yi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yi"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yiddish.

Symbol

yi

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Yiddish terms

English

Etymology 1

From Ukrainian ї (ji).

Letter

yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)

  1. The Cyrillic letter Ї ї, used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn alphabets.

Etymology 2

From Armenian յի (yi).

Letter

yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)

  1. The Armenian letter Յ, յ.

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho yi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈji/ [ˈjɪ]

Determiner

  1. my

See also

Afar possessive determiners
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
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”, in An 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

Pronoun

yi

  1. 3rd person singular object personal pronoun

Usage notes

This is likely to have an animate referent, while the clitic -am is employed for an inanimate referent.

See also

Cameroon Pidgin personal pronouns
singular plural
Subject personal pronouns
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 singular possessive determiner

See also

Cameroon 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 of ji

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. The hiragana syllable 𛀆 (yi) or the katakana syllable 𛄠 (yi) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable いぃ (yi) or the katakana syllable イィ (yi) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [ji˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: yi

Particle

yi

  1. Used to mark the previous noun as a human plural.
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 46:31 [Genesis 46:31]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[2], page 78:
      Hau꞉ thang꞉ Yoseb gi nya꞉ mang꞉ nhungˮ yi yoʼ nya꞉ yhoem꞉ byu yiri []
      After that, Joseph [said to] his brothers and his household: []

References

  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 27
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 56

Mandarin

Romanization

yi

  1. nonstandard spelling of
  2. nonstandard spelling of
  3. nonstandard spelling of
  4. nonstandard spelling of

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.

Middle English

Determiner

yi

  1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) alternative form of þi (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, from Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ji/
  • (Sark) IPA(key): /jɪ/
  • Audio (Jersey):(file)

Noun

yi m (plural ièrs)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) eye
  2. (Jersey) opening of lobster pot

Synonyms

Derived terms

Salar

Noun

yi

  1. alternative form of yiy

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/elder brother

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

From Mandarin ().

Pronunciation

Numeral

yi

  1. one
    Synonym: yi-zek

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[5], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jí/

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jí/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to topple
  2. (intransitive) to be toppled

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jí/

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to rotate
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jī/

Verb

yi

  1. (intransitive) to be tough
Derived terms