GI vs gastrointestinal what difference

what is difference between GI and gastrointestinal

English

Etymology

From Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdogi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: ghee

Noun

gi (plural gis or gi)

1. A martial arts uniform.
   • 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage 2000, p. 108:

     By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle […]

Anagrams

• IG, Ig, ig

Breton

Noun

gi

1. Soft mutation of ki.

Chamorro

Preposition

gi

1. at
2. in
3. on

Cornish

Noun

gi

1. Soft mutation of ki.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hindi घी (ghī) or Urdu گھی‎, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????? (ghida), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá). Cognate of English ghee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡi]
• Hyphenation: gi

Noun

gi (first-person possessive giku, second-person possessive gimu, third-person possessive ginya)

1. (archaic, Hinduism) ghee.

   Synonyms: minyak sapi, minyak samin, cairan mentega

Further reading

• “gi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gē (the name of the letter G).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: gì

Noun

gi f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Japanese

Romanization

gi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ギ

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi/

Adjective

gi

1. Alternative form of ge

Particle

gi

1. turns the preceding word into a nominative

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Matal

Pronoun

gi

1. I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣiː/, /ɣi/

Pronoun

gi

1. you (nominative, plural)
2. you (nominative, singular, informal)

Usage notes

This pronoun began to replace the old singular form du during the Middle Dutch period, eventually replacing it altogether.

Inflection

Alternative forms

• ji

Descendants

• Dutch: gij, jij
  • Afrikaans: jy
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
  • Jersey Dutch: jāi
  • Negerhollands: joe, ju
  • Petjo: jij
• Limburgish: geer

Further reading

• “ghi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• gê, î, y, ie, jê

Etymology

From Old Saxon gī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝiː/

Pronoun

gî

1. you, ye (nominative, plural)

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: ji, jie
  • Plautdietsch: jie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiː/

Verb

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Derived terms

References

• “gi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gi (present tense gir, past tense gav, past participle gitt, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative gi)

1. Alternative form of gje

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Alternative forms

• *gir (South-eastern)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gi
  • Dutch: gij, jij
    • Afrikaans: jy
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
    • Jersey Dutch: jāi
    • Negerhollands: joe, ju
    • Petjo: jij
  • Limburgish: geer

Further reading

• “gi, ir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiː/

Adverb

ġī

1. Alternative form of ġēa

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jūz. Accusative and dative from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, variant of *izwiz.

Pronoun

gī

1. you (plural)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
  • Low German: ji, jie
    • Plautdietsch: jie

Rawang

Alternative forms

• vgi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki˧/

Noun

gi

1. dog.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
• (Surmiran) de

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

gi m (plural gis)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) day

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English give.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi/, /d͡ʒi/

Verb

gi

1. to give

Preposition

gi

1. to (indicates indirect object)

Sumerian

Romanization

gi

1. Romanization of ???? (gi)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian gi.

Noun

gi

1. The name of the Latin-script digraph GI/Gi/gi.

Usage notes

• If gi represents the sound /z/ or /j/ before an i, that i is entirely merged with the gi. For example, use gì, gỉ, giết, not *giì, *giỉ, *giiết.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ji.

Noun

gi

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Synonyms

• ri

Welsh

Noun

gi m

1. Soft mutation of ci.

Mutation

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡí/

Noun

gí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

English

Etymology

gastro- +‎ intestinal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæstɹəʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/ (RP)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/

Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

gastro- +‎ intestinal

Adjective

gastrointestinal (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinals)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

gastro- +‎ intestinal

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Declension

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gastrintestinal

Etymology

gastro- +‎ intestinal

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais, not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French gastro-intestinal

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or n (feminine singular gastrointestinală, masculine plural gastrointestinali, feminine and neuter plural gastrointestinale)

1. gastrointestinal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

gastro- +‎ intestinal

Adjective

gastrointestinal (plural gastrointestinales)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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