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| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see伊 (“this;that;he,him;she,her;it; etc.”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of伊). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see奕 (“toplay (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of奕). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see易 (“easy;simple; not difficult”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of易). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see異 (“different;other;uncommon;unusual;special;strange;surprising; etc.”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of異). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see肄 (“practice;study”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of肄). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see與 (“toparticipate”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of與). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see芋 (“taro”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of芋). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see譽 (“fame;reputation; topraise”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of譽). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see裔 (“descendant;posterity;edge;brim;margin; etc.”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of裔). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see豫 (“relaxed;comfortable;at ease; etc.”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of豫). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see預 (“beforehand, inadvance; totake part in; etc.”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of預). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see籲 (“toappeal; toplead; tocall”). (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of籲). |
| For pronunciation and definitions ofī – see漪. (This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of漪). |
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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur, and sporadically inCyrillic.
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ī (lower case,upper caseĪ)
Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet,Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simpleI/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
ī (upper caseĪ)
Cognate withHawaiianʻīʻī(“rancid, sour, moldy”).
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Lettera with macron (◌̄) to signify presence of both pitches.
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
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Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
