gì class1 (singular ofmgì class4)
- voice,tone
- (Can we add anexample for this sense? )
gì class1 (singular ofmgì class2)
- deer
- (Can we add anexample for this sense? )
- Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al,Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
Attested in theDictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.Doublet ofchi, most likely a secondary borrowing from the Central dialects.
The modern Central formchi is not a reflex of this form, but from a form that did not undergo lenition.
之,咦,夷,芇 (gì)
- what;whatever
- anything
Chảng có đígì sốt.- There isn't anything.
- IPA(key): [ɡi˥˧]
- Hyphenation:gì
gì
- (transitive) tocollect
- IPA(key): [ɡi˥˧]
- Hyphenation:gì
gì
- Prospective form ofgè
- Štěpán Pavlík (2017),The Description of Namuzi Language[1], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page29
- Li Jianfu (2017),A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans[2], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page164; 240
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)chi(no lenition)
- (Internet slang, text messaging)giề
- (abbreviation, text messaging)z,j
Cognate withMuongchi.
Seechi, the form without lenition and the form for the interrogative "what" in the Central dialects (both the North Central dialects from Nghệ An to Huế, and the South Central dialects of Đà Nẵng-Quảng Nam-Quảng Ngãi). Further south, the Southern dialects keep nativechi with the meaning "what for" and in compounds, but borrowedgì from the Northern dialects for the general "what". In theDictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), a dictionary based on the Southern dialects, the entry forchi is much more extensive than forgì, likely indicating that in the late 18th-early 19th century,chi was still the main word for "what" in the Southern dialects.
gì• (之,咦,夷,芇,𱍻)
- (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)what;whatever
- (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)anything
- Theinterrogative pronoungì denotes a choice which is to be made from anindefinite set of things or people. Note that ifgì follows a classifier, the classifier may be omitted in the reply.
- Quyển này là quyển gì vậy? ―What kind of book is this?
- Quyển này là (quyển)từ điển. ―This is a dictionary.
gì
- An interrogative expression nearly equivalent to “What?”
- The interrogative can be used for anything from its basic use ofdisbelief andsurprise tofrustration andfear, depending on context, tone and stress, just like the English interrogative “What?”.
