英和和英

発音

• IPA: (variously) /aɪ/, /i.aɪ/, /iː/

接尾辞

-ii

1. Misspelling of -i.
2. Used to form nonstandard, uncommon, often humorous alternative plural forms of nouns that end in -us, -is or a similar sound.

   Examples:

   ‎Elvis + ‎-ii → ‎Elvii

   ‎penis + ‎-ii → ‎penii

   ‎virus + ‎-ii → ‎virii

   ‎walrus + ‎-ii → ‎walrii

   ‎fetus + ‎-ii → ‎fetii

   ‎stewardess + ‎-ii → ‎stewardii

   ‎Airbus + ‎-ii → ‎Airbii

使用する際の注意点

• All such forms are nonstandard, and therefore may be proscribed.
• For certain forms, such as cactii, a standard spelling with -i (cacti) exists; in this case, the -ii spelling may be simply a misspelling of the -i form.
• Other innovative plurals in -ii, such as stewardii, bear no resemblance to any standard plural form of the word; these may be used as intentionally nonstandard forms, often for the sake of humor. Compare the (often humorous) intentional use of nonstandard plural forms in -en.

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 井伊 (Ii).

固有名詞

Ii (plural Iis)

1. A surname from Japanese.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ii is the 39004 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 565 individuals. Ii is most common among White (50.44%), Black/African American (26.02%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ii”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.

接頭辞

ii-

1. scribal abbreviation of twi-

参照

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “twi-gilde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.