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E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yi”, inAn 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

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ji/

Pronoun

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3rd person singular object personal pronoun

Usage notes

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This is likely to have ananimate referent, while theclitic-am is employed for aninanimate referent.

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

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3rd person singularpossessive determiner

Cameroon Pidgin possessive determiners
	singular	plural
1st person	my	we
2nd person	your	wuna
3rd person	yi	dia

Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Noun

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Alternative form ofji

Dazaga

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Noun

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water

References

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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

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Romanization

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Thehiragana syllable𛀆(yi) or thekatakana syllable𛄠(yi) inHepburn romanization.
Thehiragana syllableいぃ(yi) or thekatakana syllableイィ(yi) inHepburn romanization.

Lashi

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ji˧]
Hyphenation:yi

Particle

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Used to mark the previous noun asplural.

References

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Mark Wannemacher (2011)A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page27
Hkaw Luk (2017)A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page56

Mandarin

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Romanization

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Nonstandard spelling ofyī.
Nonstandard spelling ofyí.
Nonstandard spelling ofyǐ.
Nonstandard spelling ofyì.

Usage notes

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Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Determiner

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(chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal)Alternative form ofþi(“thy”)

Murrinh-Patha

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Conjunction

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References

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Mark Abley,Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)

Norman

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NormanWikipedia has an article on:

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Alternative forms

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ieil(Guernsey)
u(continental Normandy)

Etymology

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From older*ye, fromOld Frenchueil, fromVulgar Latinoclus, fromLatinoculus, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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yi m (pluralièrs)

(Jersey, anatomy)eye
(Jersey)opening of lobster pot

Synonyms

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(eye):cricot,criquinne(childish)

Derived terms

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à l'yi nu(“with the naked eye”)
à veue dg'yi(“in sight”)
aver d's ièrs dé caûque-souothis(“to have good eyesight”)
aver l's ièrs pus grands qué l'ventre(“to have eyes bigger than one's belly”)
aver un yi tchi dit m'luque à l'aut'(“to have a squint”)
balle dé l'yi(“eyeball”)
clyîn dg'yi(“wink”)
coup d'yi(“glance”)
dans un clyîn dg'yi(“in the wink of an eye”)
d'la carre d'san yi(“out of the corner of one's eye”)
entré quat's ièrs(“to one's face”)
êt' tout à ièrs(“to be all eyes”)
freunmer l'yi(“to have a nap”)
ièrs dé boeu(“oxeye daisy”)
lanchi eune pathe dg'ièrs(“to throw a glance”)
mauvais yi(“evil eye”)
par sus l's ièrs(“up to the eyeballs”)
preunelle dé l'yi(“pupil”)
sèrvi au dé et à l'yi(“to wait on hand and foot”)
s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi(“to put one's foot in it”)
tout à ièrs(“all eyes”)
vaie d'la carre d'san yi(“to see out of the corner of one's eye”)
yi nu(“naked eye”)
yi pochi(“black eye”)

Related terms

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à pèrte dé veue(“out of sight”)
apèrchévance(“glimpse”)
aveuglier(“to blind”)
aveugl'ye(“blind”)
blyîntchi,clyinn'ter(“to blink”)
clyîn (dg'yi)(“wink”)
clyinn'téthie(“blinking”)
connaître dé veue(“to know by sight”)
èrgard(“look”)
èrgarder(“to look”)
faithe des ilyies(“give someone the eye”)
faithe un clyîn,donner un clyîn(“to give a wink”)
fixer(“to stare at”)
forchi la veue(“to strain one's eyes”)
lèrme(“tear”)
leunettes(“glasses”)
leunettes d'solé(“sunglasses”)
longue-veue(“telescope”)
n'pon dormi un clyîn(“not to sleep a wink”)
paûpiéthe(“eyelid”)
paûpil'ye(“eyelash”)
plieuther(“to cry”)
s'mither(“to look at oneself in the mirror”)
soucile(“eyebrow”)
vaie(“to see”)
vaie doubl'ye(“to see double”)
vaie d'près(“to be shortsighted”)
vaie d'travèrs,r'garder gare(“to squint”)
vaie rouoge(“to see red”)
vèrre d'approche(“magnifying glass”)
veue(“eyesight”)

Salar

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Noun

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Alternative form ofyiy

Tedaga

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Noun

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water

References

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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

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Noun

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older/elder brother

References

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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