vi

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• VI, vi, Ⅵ, ↅ

vi

1. Ⅵ, the Roman numeral six (6)

• Previous: ⅴ (five, 5)
• Next: ⅶ (seven, 7)

From either an Abbreviation of English Vietnamese or Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

vi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Vietnamese.

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vi

1. (music) minor submediant triad

• vi, v.i., v.i.

vi

1. (grammar) Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often in dictionaries)

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

• IV

vi

1. down below

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• vã

Cf. the corresponding ni for noi. Compare Romanian vă. Compare also Italian vi

vi (unstressed/short accusative and reflexive form of voi)

1. (direct object, second-person plural) you (group being addressed)

• voi (stressed/long form accusative)

vi

1. (indirect object) (to) you (group being addressed)

• vau (stressed/long form dative)

• ni

From Proto-Celtic *āuyom (compare Welsh wy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

vi m

1. egg

From Old Catalan vi~vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi/

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -i

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

• vi blanc
• vi negre
• vi rosat

• viner
• vinater

• “vi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “vi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From voi (“you”). Compare Italian vi and Romanian vi.

vi

1. you (plural, both direct or indirect object)

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From Latin vīvus.

• IPA^(key): /βi/

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /vi/, [ʋi]
• Rhymes: -i

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

Borrowed from Italian voi, French vous and/or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

• IPA^(key): [vi]
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• Hyphenation: vi

vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person plural and formal singular pronoun): you

   Vi batis min.

   You hit me.

2. yourselves

   Vi diras al vi.

   You say to yourselves.

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

• ĝi
• ili
• li
• mi
• ni
• oni
• ŝi
• ci

• IPA^(key): /viː/

vi

1. little
2. small

vi

1. child (a son or daughter)
2. descendant

vu (“you”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

vi pl

1. you (plural)

• tu
• vu

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: vì

See voi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• -vi (enclitic)

vi

1. second-person personal plural object pronoun: you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo ― we love you

2. second-person reflexive plural: yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate ― you remember

3. (often not translated) it; about it, of it, on it

• Becomes ve when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

From Latin ibi.

vi

1. (formal) there

   Synonym: ci

2. (formal) here

   Synonym: ci

• Stylistically elevated variant of ci, only used in formal contexts.

vi f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of vu

vi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヸ

vī f

1. ablative singular of vīs (“force, strength”)
2. dative singular of vīs (rare)

• “vi”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

vi

1. fire

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• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?

   How do we get there?

vi

1. imperative of vie

Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• me
• oss (dialectal, Trøndelag)

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

vi

1. we

vi

1. imperative of via

vi

1. Eye dialect spelling of vil.

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IV, VI, -iv

From Latin vīdī. Cognate with Galician vin and Spanish vi.

• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: vir (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: vi

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă )

1. to you

This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

• li
• ni

• v' (apocopic)
• -vi, -vvi (enclitic)

From Latin ibi (“there; then”), from Proto-Italic *iðei or *ifei with iambic shortening, from the pronominal stem Proto-Indo-European *éy.

vi

1. here, there

   Synonym: zi

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ulisse [Ulysses]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 51:

     Raramenti vi fàrani pizoni, ¶ si sò abbramiddi, pa’ zirchà ricattu.

     Birds seldom glide there, if they are hungry, to look for food.

vi

1. (accusative) you (plural)
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Puisia [Poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 19:

     […] un’oasi prupizia pa’ pudé ¶ cu lu pientu annittavvi da li fàuri ¶ chi vi sò già incighendi.

     A propitious oasis, so I can cleanse you with my tears from the lies that are already blinding you.

     (literally, “A propitious oasis, in order to be able to cleanse you with my tears from the lies that are already blinding you.”)

2. (dative) to you (plural)

   Abà vi diggu la veriddai ― I'll tell you the truth now (literally, “Now to you I tell the truth”)

3. it, to it

   no vi credu ― I don't believe it (literally, “Not to it I believe”)

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

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))
3. (formal) you (formal singular and plural)

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

• IPA^(key): /ʋíː/

vȋ

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

• vīkati

• vide (archaic, regional)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi/ [ˈbi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver

From Old Swedish vīr, from Old East Norse *wīʀ (compare vér), from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /viː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
   • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21

     Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult

     We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus

From Old Swedish hvi, from Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, locative of *kʷis (“who”). Cognate with Old Danish hvi, Danish hvi, Old West Norse hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Old Saxon hwi, hwiu, Old High German hwiu, Middle High German wiu, German wie (“how”), Old English hwȳ, hvī, Middle English why, English why, more distantly with Latin quī (“what, who, which”).

• hvi (pre-1906 spelling)

vi

1. (archaic or poetic) why
   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Matthew 9:5

     Men när Jesus sågh theras tanckar, sadhe han, Hwj tencken j ondt j idhor hierta?

     (pre-1906 spelling) Men när Jesus såg deras tankar, sade han, Hvi tänken I ondt i edor hjerta?

     And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

   Synonym: varför

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”). Cognate with Latin victima (“offering, sacrifice”).

vi n

1. sanctuary

• viga

• vi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• -iv

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội)

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(classifier cái) vi

1. (anatomy, especially of sharks) Alternative form of vây (“fin”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 微.

vi

1. micro-