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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "gi"}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|ja|着|tr=gi||clothing}}; only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as {{m|ja|柔道着|tr=jūdōgi||judo uniform}} or {{m|ja|空手着|tr=karategi||karate uniform}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɡiː/}}
* {{rhymes|en|iː|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|ghee}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|gi}}

# A [[martial art]]s [[uniform]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1990|author=w:Thomas Pynchon|title=Vineland|page=108|publisher=Vintage|year_published=2000
|passage=By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black '''''gi''''', headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022-09-20|author=Danya Hajjaji|title=‘Really nice guy’: Tom Hardy surprises competitors with entry and victory in martial arts contest|journal=w:The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/20/really-nice-guy-tom-hardy-surprises-competitors-with-entry-and-victory-in-martial-arts-contest|passage=Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue '''gi''', subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gi|IG|Ig|ig}}

{{cln|en|two-letter words}}
{{C|en|Martial arts}}

==Breton==

===Noun===
{{head|br|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|br|ki}}

==Chamorro==

===Preposition===
{{head|ch|preposition}}

# [[at]]
# [[in]]
# [[on]]

==Cornish==

===Noun===
{{head|kw|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|kw|ki}}

==Indonesian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|id|hi|घी}} or {{der|id|ur|گھی}}, from {{der|id|pra-sau|𑀖𑀺𑀤}}, from {{der|id|sa|घृत|tr=ghṛtá}}. Cognate of {{cog|en|ghee}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|[ˈɡi]}}
* {{hyphenation|id|gi}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun|head=}}

# {{lb|id|archaic|Hinduism}} [[ghee]].
#: {{syn|id|minyak sapi|minyak samin|cairan mentega}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|it|la|gē|pos=''the name of the letter'' {{m|la|G}}}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|f|#}}

# {{Latn-def|it|name|G|g}}; [[gee]]

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letter names/it}}

==Jamaican Creole==

===Etymology===
{{der+|jam|en|give}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|jam|/ɡi/}}

===Verb===
{{jam-verb}}

# to [[give]]
#* {{RQ:jam:DJNT|Romans|12|3|Kaaz a di gif we Gad '''gi''' mi, mi a tel unu: No bada tingk se unu muor dan wa unu riili bi. Insted-a dat unu fi ombl unuself an joj unuself bies pan di fiet we Gad '''gi''' unu|For by the grace '''given''' to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has '''assigned'''.}}
#* {{RQ:jam:DJNT|Revelation|22|1|Den di ienjel shuo mi di riva wid di waata we '''gi''' laif. Di waata did a kom fram Gad an di Biebi Shiip chuon. Di waata did so klier it luk laik kristal.|Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb|Then the angel showed me the river with water that '''gives''' life. The water came from God and the Lamb throne. The water was so clear it looked like crystal}}
#* {{RQ:jam:YDYR|19|Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se an ekspres demself; dis miin se dem av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se widout notn a get ina dem wie, an fi siik out, get an '''gi''' infamieshan an di tingz dem we dem tingk bout ina dem ed, bai eni miinz no mata di baada lain dem we set op ina dem konchri.|Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and '''impart''' information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.|Everybody has the right to free to say what they want, to express themselves; this means that they have the right to be free to say what they want without anything happening to them and to seek out and '''give''' information {{nb...}}}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:jam:majstro.com}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|ぎ|ギ|gi}}

==Lashi==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lsi|/ɡi/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|lsi|adjective}}

# {{alternative form of|lsi|ge}}

===Particle===
{{head|lsi|particle}}

# {{n-g|turns the preceding word into a nominative}}

===References===
* {{R:lsi:Luk:2017}}

==Lo-Toga==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|hiw|ga}}, and also with {{cog|poz-pol-pro|*kawa}}, {{cog|to|kava}}. From {{inh|lht|poz-oce-pro|*kawaʀ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lht|/ɣi/}}

===Noun===
{{head|lht|noun}}

# [[kava]] plant, {{taxlink|Piper methysticum|species}}
# kava, an intoxicating [[beverage]] made from the kava plant.

===Further reading===
* p.526 of: Alexandre François (2010), [http://alex.francois.online.fr/data/AlexFrancois_2010_Pragmatic-demotion-Subordination-Torres.pdf Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu)], in Isabelle Bril (ed.), ''Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy'' (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/ɡi/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|i|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|ms|hi|घी}} or {{bor|ms|ur|گھی}}, from {{der|ms|pra-sau|𑀖𑀺𑀤}}, from {{der|ms|sa|घृत|tr=ghṛtá}}. Cognate of {{cog|en|ghee}}.

====Noun====
{{ms-noun|j=ݢي}}

# {{lb|ms|archaic}} [[ghee]].
#: {{syn|ms|minyak sapi}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|ms|pergi}}.

====Verb====
{{ms-verb|j=ݢي}}

# {{lb|ms|colloquial}} {{alternative form of|ms|pergi}}
#: {{usex|ms|Kau '''gi''' ngan siapa?|Who are you '''going''' with?}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:PRPM}}

==Matal==

===Pronoun===
{{head|mfh|pronoun}}

# [[I]], [[me]] {{gloss|first-person singular pronoun}}
#: {{ux|mfh|'''Gi''' zil Yahudiya, tayyà '''gi''' à Tarsus uwana la Səlisəya, '''gi''' bəzi huɗ gudəŋ məŋga gà (Sləray 21:39).|'''I''' [am] a Jewish man, '''I''' was born in Tarsus which [is] in Cilicia, '''I''' [am] a man from an important city (Acts 21:39)|ref=<ref>http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Acts/21</ref>}}
#: {{ux|mfh|Dagay lakana kadànəŋaw '''gi''' aya tsəràh à uwana (Mata 23:39).|For I tell you, you will never see '''me''' from now on until you say (Mathhew  23:39)|ref=<ref>http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/23</ref>}}

===References===
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==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dum|odt|gī}}, from {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*jiʀ}}, from {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*jūz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dum|/ɣiː/|/ɣi/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|dum|pronoun}}

# [[you]] {{gloss|nominative, plural}}
# you {{gloss|nominative, singular, informal}}

====Usage notes====
This pronoun began to replace the old singular form {{m|dum|du}} during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.

====Inflection====
{{dum-decl-ppron}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|dum|ji}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|gij}}, {{desctree|nl|jij|notext=1}}
* {{desc|li|geer}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:VMNW|ID68232|ghi}}
* {{R:MNW|14041}}

==Middle Low German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gml|gê|î|y|ie|jê}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gml|osx|gī}}, from {{inh|gml|gem-pro|*jūz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gml|/ʝiː/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|gml|pronoun|head=gî}}

# [[you]], [[ye]] {{gloss|nominative, plural}}

====Declension====
{{gml-perpron}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nds|ji|jie}}
** {{desc|pdt|jie}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|non|gefa}}, from {{der|nb|gem-pro|*gebaną}}, from {{der|nb|ine-pro|*gʰab(ʰ)-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/jiː/}}
* {{audio|nb|no-gi.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|gi|present tense|gir|passive|gis|simple past|ga|or|gav|past participle|gitt}}

# to [[give]] (''transfer the possession of something to someone else'')

====Derived terms====
{{col3|nb
|angi
|avgi
|energigivende
|frigi
|lovgivende
|lovgivning
|navngi
|omgi
|oppgi
|prisgi
|tilgi
|tilkjennegi
|utgi
}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Verb===
{{nn-verb|gir|gav|gitt|givast|givande}} {{cln|nn|class 5 strong verbs|strong verbs}}

# {{alternative form of|nn|gje}}

==Nupe==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nup|/ɡí/}}

====Verb====
{{nup-verb|gí}}

# to [[eat]]
# to [[devour]]; to [[gnaw]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|nup
|eyangíci <t:food>
|gigí <t:eating>
}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nup|/ɡí/}}

====Verb====
{{nup-verb|gí}}

# to [[wear out]]

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nup|/ɡí/}}

====Verb====
{{nup-verb|gí}}

# to [[stand]]
#: {{syn|nup|gíkinni}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|nup
|gíkinni <t:to stand; to cease>
|kinnigí <t:standing>
}}

==Old Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*jiʀ}}, from {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*jūz}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|odt|pronoun|head=gī}}

# [[you]] {{q|plural}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|odt|*gir}} {{q|South-eastern}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|dum|gi}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:ONW|2422|gi, ir}}

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|ġī}}

===Adverb===
{{ang-adv|ġī}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|ġēa}}

==Old Saxon==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|osx|gmw-pro|*jiʀ}}, from {{inh|osx|gem-pro|*jūz}}. Accusative and dative from {{inh|osx|gem-pro|*iwwiz}}, variant of {{m|gem-pro|*izwiz}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|osx|pronoun|head=gī}}

# [[you]] {{gloss|plural}}

====Declension====
{{osx-decl-ppron}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|gml|gî}}

==Rawang==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|raw|vgi}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|raw|/ki˧/}}

===Noun===
{{head|raw|noun}}

# [[dog]].

==Romansch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|rm|di||Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Puter|Vallader}}
* {{alt|rm|de||Surmiran}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|rm|la-cla|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}
{{root|rm|ine-pro|*dyew-}}
{{inh+|rm|la-cla|diēs}}.

===Noun===
{{rm-noun|m}}

# {{lb|rm|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan}} [[day]]

==Sranan Tongo==

===Etymology===
From {{der|srn|en|give}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|srn|/ɡi/|/d͡ʒi/}}

===Verb===
{{head|srn|verb}}

# to [[give]]

===Preposition===
{{head|srn|preposition}}

# [[to]] {{gloss|indicates indirect object}}

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒄀|tr=gi}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|vi|it||gi}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun}}

# The name of the [[Appendix:Latin script|Latin-script]] digraph GI/Gi/gi.

=====Usage notes=====
* If ''gi'' represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an ''i'', that ''i'' is entirely merged with the ''gi''. For example, use {{m|vi|gì}}, {{m|vi|gỉ}}, {{m|vi|giết}}, not *''giì'', *''giỉ'', *''giiết''.

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|vi|fr|ji}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun}}

# {{Latn-def|vi|name|J|j}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|vi|ri}}

==Welsh==

===Noun===
{{head|cy|g=m|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|ci}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|ci}}

==Yoruba==

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|yo|/ɡí/}}

===Noun===
{{yo-pos|noun|gí}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|name|G|g}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letter names/yo}}