jí
verb
/d͡ʒí/ high-tone /d͡ʒī/ mid-tone /d͡ʒì/ low-tone
Definitions
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to steal
Similar wordsPossibly used inojíthief Wiktionary points at “ojí”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ojì”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ojí” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ojì a fine paid by a man who has an affair with a married woman
Other entries with this spelling
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Etymology
From Proto-Yoruboid *jĩ́
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 5,
where this word is spelled “ji”.
Reference:
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