į
- (phonetics)A nasal vowel [i]. The norm in Americanist notation; sometimes used in IPA transcription to leave room over the vowel letter for tone diacritics.
į (lower case,upper caseĮ)
- Aletter of the Assiniboinealphabet, written in theLatin script.
į (lower case,upper caseĮ)
- The fourteenthletter of the Lithuanianalphabet, calledinosinė and written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)A a,Ą ą,B b,C c,Č č,D d,E e,Ę ę,Ė ė,F f,G g,H h,I i,Į į,Y y,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,R r,S s,Š š,T t,U u,Ų ų,Ū ū,V v,Y y,Z z,Ž ž
FromProto-Balto-Slavic*in; compareOld Prussianen(“in, into”),Proto-Slavic*vъ(n)(“in, into”) fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én, *h₁n̥; compareAncient Greekἐν(en),Latinin,Proto-Germanic*in. The discrepancy between the u-vocalism seen in Slavic and the i-vocalism in Baltic is unclear, but both forms can be derived from thezero-grade.[1]Latvianìe- displays a full-grade and is confined to nominal compounds. CompareLithuanianpri̇́e- /pri-,núo- /nu- andpó /pa-.
į̇̃ (with accusative)
- to,into,toward (in the direction of, and arriving at)
- Sùkį̇̃dẽšinęir̃matýsimànonãmą. ―Turn to the right and you'll see my house.
- ^Derksen, Rick (2015), “į”, inEtymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series;13), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page197
į (lower case,upper caseĮ)
- The letteri with ahook:
- į =/ɪ̃˨/
- į́ =/ɪ̃˥/
- įį =/ĩː˨˨/
- į́į =/ĩː˥˨/
- įį́ =/ĩː˨˥/
- į́į́ =/ĩː˥˥/
- (Navajo letters using the hook sign):ĄąĘęĮįǪǫ
į (lower case,upper caseĮ,Osage equivalent𐓣͘)
- Aletter of the Osagealphabet, written in theLatin script.
- Optional:
į (lower case,upper caseĮ)
- Aletter of the Winnebagoalphabet, written in theLatin script.
