gei

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See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì

English

Noun

gei (plural geis)

  1. Alternative form of gi (martial arts uniform)
    • 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, page 165:
      I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.
    • 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., page 17:
      The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

gei

  1. Soft mutation of kei.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Noun

gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

  1. a gay person
    Kas sa oled gei?
    Are you gay?

Declension

Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gei geid
accusative nom.
gen. gei
genitive geide
partitive geid geisid
illative geisse geidesse
inessive geis geides
elative geist geidest
allative geile geidele
adessive geil geidel
ablative geilt geidelt
translative geiks geideks
terminative geini geideni
essive geina geidena
abessive geita geideta
comitative geiga geidega

See also

Italian

Etymology

Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: gèi

Noun

gei m (invariable)

  1. Synonym of i lunga

Japanese

Romanization

gei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲイ

Luxembourgish

Verb

gei

  1. second-person singular imperative of geien

Mandarin

Romanization

gei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gěi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gèi.

Usage notes

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

Mende

Noun

gei

  1. husk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gei

  1. imperative of geie

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gei

  1. Soft mutation of cei.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cei gei nghei chei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Etymology

From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).

Pronunciation

Verb

gei

  1. (stative) alternative form of gai (dead)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gei (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tigei migei agei
2nd person nigei figei
3rd person inanimate igei digei
animate magei
imperative —, gei —, gei

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics