чи

See also: -чи and Appendix:Variations of "ci"

Avar

Noun

чи • (či)

  1. man

See also

Dungan

Etymology 1

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese ()

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

Noun

чи • (či) (III)

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Etymology 2

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese ()

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

Noun

чи • (či) (I)

  1. gas

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kəči~*kičə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kečä. Cognates include Moksha ши (ši, sun, day, weather), Finnish kehä (circle, ring), Eastern Mari кече (keče, sun, day), Komi-Zyrian киш (kiš, ring, halo).

The *kəči > *či~*ši shift possibly influenced by *ve (night).

Noun

чи • (či)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: чипай (čipaj)
  2. day
    тундонь чи
    tundoń či
    a spring day
    чачома чи
    čačoma či
    a birthday

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “чи”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #275 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ci.

Pronoun

чи • (çi)

  1. you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) (singular)

See also

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠴᠢ (či), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠢ (či), from Proto-Mongolic *ci. Cognate with Dongxiang chi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

чи • (či) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢ (či))

  1. (informal) you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)

Declension

See also

Nivkh

Etymology

Possibly akin to Mongolic *ci, compare Mongolian чи (či) and Tungusic *si, compare Nanai си (si).

Pronoun

чи (ț’i)

  1. you, thou

Ossetian

Etymology

From Middle Persian .

Pronoun

чи • (ḱi)

  1. who

Declension

Tabasaran

Etymology

Akin to Udi хунчи (χunči).

Noun

чи • (či)

  1. sister

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian чи (či), from Old East Slavic чи (či), from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-*kʷe-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪ]
  • (file)

Particle

чи • (čy)

  1. interrogative particle: introduces a question
  2. if, whether

Conjunction

чи • (čy)

  1. or

Synonyms

Further reading

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