gei

See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì

English

Noun

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

• IgE, Ige

Cornish

Noun

gei

1. Soft mutation of kei.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Noun

gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

1. a gay person

   Kas sa oled gei?

   Are you gay?

Declension

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

• homo
• homoseksuaal
• homoseksuaalne
• homoseksuaalsus

Italian

Etymology

Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gei m (invariable)

1. Synonym of i lunga

Japanese

Romanization

gei

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

gei

1. second-person singular imperative of geien

Mandarin

Romanization

gei

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

Usage notes

• 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

Noun

gei

1. husk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gei

1. imperative of geie

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡei̯/

Verb

gei

1. Soft mutation of cei.

Mutation

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.i/

Verb

gei

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

Conjugation

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

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