gei

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See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì

English

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Noun

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gei (plural geis)

  1. Alternative form of gi (martial arts uniform)
    • 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, page 165:
      I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.
    • 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., page 17:
      The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.

Anagrams

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Cornish

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Noun

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gei

  1. Soft mutation of kei.

Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gay.

Noun

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gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

  1. a gay person
    Kas sa oled gei?
    Are you gay?

Declension

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Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gei geid
accusative nom.
gen. gei
genitive geide
partitive geid geisid
illative geisse geidesse
inessive geis geides
elative geist geidest
allative geile geidele
adessive geil geidel
ablative geilt geidelt
translative geiks geideks
terminative geini geideni
essive geina geidena
abessive geita geideta
comitative geiga geidega

See also

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Italian

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Etymology

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Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: gèi

Noun

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gei m (invariable)

  1. Synonym of i lunga

Japanese

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Romanization

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gei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲイ

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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gei

  1. second-person singular imperative of geien

Mandarin

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Romanization

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gei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gěi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gèi.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Mende

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Noun

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gei

  1. husk

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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gei

  1. imperative of geie

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gei m or f by sense (plural geis)

  1. Humorous spelling of gay

Adjective

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gei m or f (masculine and feminine plural geis)

  1. Humorous spelling of gay

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gei

  1. Soft mutation of cei.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cei gei nghei chei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

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Etymology

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From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gei

  1. (stative) alternative form of gai (dead)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gei (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tigei migei agei
2nd person nigei figei
3rd person inanimate igei digei
animate magei
imperative —, gei —, gei

References

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  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics