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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zi"

Albanian

Etymology

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewh₁- (“to defile”) (compare Dutch kwaad (“angry, evil”), Serbo-Croatian gȁd (“loathing, nausea”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. black

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Colors in Albanian · ngjyra (layout · text)
     bardhë      gri, hirtë      zi
             kuqe; skuqem              portokalle; bojë kafe              verdhë; krem; lylc
                          gjelbër; blertë             
             cijan, kaltër              kaltër              blu
             vjollcë; llullaq              magentë; purpurtë              rozë; trëndafil

Basque

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻i/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺i/

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: zi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Basque *zinV.

Noun

zi inan

  1. (Northern) acorn
    Synonym: ezkur
Declension
Declension of zi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zi zia ziak
ergative zik ziak ziek
dative ziri ziari ziei
genitive ziren ziaren zien
comitative zirekin ziarekin ziekin
causative zirengatik ziarengatik ziengatik
benefactive zirentzat ziarentzat zientzat
instrumental ziz ziaz ziez
inessive zitan zian zietan
locative zitako ziko zietako
allative zitara zira zietara
terminative zitaraino ziraino zietaraino
directive zitarantz zirantz zietarantz
destinative zitarako zirako zietarako
ablative zitatik zitik zietatik
partitive zirik — —
prolative zitzat — —

Etymology 2

Noun

zi inan

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

Further reading

  • "zi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “zi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

Pronoun

zi

  1. (Sette Comuni) she, her

Inflection

Cimbrian personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
1st person singular ich mich miar
2nd person singular familiar du dich diar
polite iart ach òich
3rd person singular m èar, ar in, en iime
f zi, ze iar
n es, is es, 's iime
1st person plural bar,
bandare		 zich izàndarn
2nd person plural iart,
iartàndare, artàndare		 òich, ach ogàndarn
3rd person plural ze, zòi,
zandare		 zich innàndarn

References

  • “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

Ewe

Noun

zi

  1. deer

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

zî m (possessed form zîn)

  1. (card games) diamonds

Japanese

Romanization

zi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ジ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ずぃ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ズィ

Kwama

Noun

zi

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

References

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

Mandarin

Romanization

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.

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.

Middle Dutch

Verb

zi

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzi/
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Etymology 1

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.

Noun

zi f (plural zile)

  1. day
    Antonym: noapte
Declension
Declension of zi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) zi ziua (niște) zile zilele
genitive/dative (unei) zile zilei (unor) zile zilelor
vocative ziuo zilelor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Forms of zice.

Verb

zi

  1. second-person singular imperative of zice

Sassarese

Alternative forms

  • z' (apocopic, before a vowel)

Etymology

Akin to Italian ci, see there for more.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

zi

  1. (accusative) us
    Babbu zi portha a Sàssari
    Dad is taking us to Sassari
    • c. 19th 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 peasant 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!

Adverb

zi

  1. Synonym of vi (“here, there”)
    • c. 19th 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.

References

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

Sumerian

Romanization

zi

  1. Romanization of 𒍣 (zi)

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

zi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonym: (in the Abecedario) zeta

See also

Further reading

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

Tarifit

Preposition

zi (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵉ)

  1. movement marker
    1. expresses movement from a point of origin: from
      yus-d zi Fas
      He came from Fez.

Usage notes

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

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