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See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"
ī U+012B, ī
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
Composition:i [U+0069] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
← Ī
 		Latin Extended-A Ĭ →

Translingual

Symbol

ī

  1. (phonetics) A common transcription for a long vowel i
  2. (international standards) transliterates Indic ई (or equivalent).

English

Pronunciation

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Symbol

ī

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PRICE vowel

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

ī

  1. (transitive) to drink

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 伊 (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 奕 (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 奕).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 易 (“easy; simple; not difficult”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 易).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 異).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 肄 (“practice; study”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肄).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 與 (“to participate”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 與).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 芋 (“taro”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 芋).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 譽 (“fame; reputation; to praise”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 譽).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 裔 (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豫).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 預 (“beforehand, in advance; to take part in; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 預).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 籲).
For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 漪.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漪).

Japanese

Romanization

ī

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イー

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

Verb

ī

  1. (Patsho, transitive) to divert water course from the main waterbody.

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

Ī

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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 simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Maori

Etymology

Cognate with Hawaiian ʻīʻī (“rancid, sour, moldy”).

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

  1. The seventh letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Verb

ī

  1. to ferment, to sour, to spoil
    Synonyms: moī, māhī

Slovene

Etymology

Letter a with macron (◌̄) to signify presence of both pitches.

Pronunciation

(phonemes) Pronunciation of ī (ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, , , , , , , SNPT: /ī/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ˈiː/, , SNPT: /í/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Symbol

ī

  1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

References

  • Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
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