kei
Basque edit
Noun edit
kei
Cornish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kei m (plural keun)
- Alternative form of ki
Mutation edit
Mutation of kei
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
kei | gei | hei | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Drehu edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kei
- to fall
References edit
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch key, keye, from Old Dutch *kei (in toponym keidīk (“Keidijk”)), perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *kagi (compare kegel (“cone”)), from Proto-Germanic *kagiz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kei m (plural keien, diminutive keitje n)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kei
Kambera edit
Verb edit
kei
- (transitive) to buy
- (transitive) to receive
References edit
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
kei
- Nonstandard spelling of kēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of kèi.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Maori edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
kei
References edit
Mizo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaj ~ kaj-maʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka (“I; me”).
Pronoun edit
kei
References edit
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “kei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Variant spelling of kye, from Old English cǣg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kei (plural keis)
- (South Scots) a key
Tedim Chin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka.
Pronoun edit
kei
References edit
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Zou edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka.
Pronoun edit
kei