zi

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁dʰo- (compare Dutch kwaad (“angry, evil”), Serbo-Croatian gȁd (“loathing, nausea”)).

• IPA^(key): /zi/

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

1. black

• bardhë

• zezë
• zymtë
• zift
• zili
• ditëzi

From Proto-Basque *zinV.

• IPA^(key): /s̻i/, [s̻i]

zi inan

1. acorn

• "zi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

• 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

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

zî m (possessed form zîn)

1. (card games) diamonds

zi

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

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.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

zi

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

• d̦i (obsolete)
• d̦iua (obsolete)
• ziuă

• IPA^(key): /ˈzi/

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From 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

• 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

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri, 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, [the] 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, 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

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

zi

1. Romanization of 𒍣 (zi)