zi

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewH- (“to defile”) (compare Dutch kwaad (“angry, evil”), Serbo-Croatian gȁd (“loathing, nausea”)).

• IPA^(key): /zi/

i zi (feminine e zezë, masculine plural të zinj, feminine plural të zeza)

1. black

• bardhë

• zezë
• zymtë
• zift
• zili
• ditëzi

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: zi

Inherited from Proto-Basque *zinV.

zi inan

1. (Northern) acorn

   Synonym: ezkur

zi inan

1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of ihi (“reed”)

• “zi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• si (Luserna)
• ze

From Middle High German si(e), from Old High German siu, from Proto-Germanic *sī, nominative singular feminine of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij, Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si).

zi

1. (Sette Comuni) she, her

• “zi” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

zi

1. deer

From Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

zi

1. louse

• Jim Hollyman,K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

• IPA^(key): /zîː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

zî m (possessed form zîn)

1. (card games) diamonds

zi

1. The katakana syllable ズィ (zi) in Hepburn-like romanization.
2. (dated) Rōmaji transcription of じ
3. (dated) Rōmaji transcription of ジ

zi

1. eye
2. life
3. seed
4. grain

• Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

zi (zi⁵／zi⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 子

zi

1. Nonstandard spelling of zī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zì.

• 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.

zi

1. Alternative spelling of si; first/third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

• d̦i — obsolete
• d̦iua — obsolete
• ziuă
• зи (zi) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /ˈzi/

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Inherited from Classical Latin diēs (“day”), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel e was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Spanish día, archaic Italian dì, archaic French di.

zi f (plural zile)

1. day

   Antonym: noapte

• bună ziua
• ziar
• zilnic
• ziua

Forms of zice.

zi

1. second-person singular imperative of zice

• z' (apocopic, before a vowel)

Akin to Italian ci, see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /tsi/

zi

1. (accusative) us

   Babbu zi portha a Sàssari

   Dad is taking us to Sassari

   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 24, page 107:

     Alburea, Alburea
     E li so’ suldaddi
     z’hani libaraddi

     Arborea, Arborea and its soldiers have freed us

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

     l’antigga primabéra, più cruderi
     di tutti l’isthasgioni
     acchì zi torra a vidda e poi z’ammazza.

     Ancient Spring, cruelest of all seasons, for it takes us back to life, and then kills us.

2. (dative) to us

   Li dozzi no zi piàzini.

   We don't like sweets.

   (literally, “The sweets are not pleasant to us.”)

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Siparazioni [Separation]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 65:

     […] E lu chi zi paria
     incridìbiri, aiallu! […]

     And that which to us had seemed unbelievable, there it is!

zi

1. Synonym of vi (“here, there”)
   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 35, page 124:

     Lu soli di Sant’Anna
     Veni a lu me’ balconi,
     Viniddinni lu me’ fiori
     Abali chi no z’è mamma.

     St. Anne's sun comes to my balcony; come to my flower, now that mom isn't here.

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

zi

1. Romanization of 𒍣 (zi)

Borrowed from English zee, the English name of the letter Z/z.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /zi/
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /si/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: zi

zi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter Z/z, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) zeta

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

• “zi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

zi (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵉ)

1. movement marker
   1. expresses movement from a point of origin: from

      yus-d zi Fas

      He came from Fez.

When the preposition zi is followed by a vowel it will take the form zeg.