Translingual edit

Symbol edit

ki

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.

English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

  1. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ki (plural kis)

  1. Alternative form of key (a kilogram)
    • 2005, Dave Courtney, Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 113:
      And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.'
    • 2006, Graham Johnson, Druglord: Guns, Powder and Pay-Offs, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 93:
      But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.
    • 2012, Kim K., Rise of an American Gangstress, Bellport, N.Y.: Melodrama Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
      Hopefully, she would be able to save up just enough to buy her own half a ki of coke. And from there, the sky would be the limit.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ki (uncountable)

  1. (UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (cocoa)
    • 1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, volumes 34-35, page 217:
      At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.

Etymology 4 edit

From dated romanizations of Mandarin () without the k-q merger, or from Japanese (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ki (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
    • 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art, page 19:
      If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.
Related terms edit

See also edit

etymologically unrelated

Anagrams edit

Abenaki edit

Noun edit

ki

  1. Alternative form of aki

References edit

Aimele edit

Noun edit

ki

  1. bone

Further reading edit

  • R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24

Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian که (ki).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ci]
  • (Karabakh) IPA(key): [cin]
  • (file)

Conjunction edit

ki

  1. that
    Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.
    I know that this is right.
    O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.
    He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.
  2. to, in order to, so that
    Mən oraya getmişdim ki, lazım olanları alım.
    I went there to buy whatever was needed.
    Onlar onu evə göndərdilər ki, heç kim onu görməsin.
    They sent him home so that nobody would see him.

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)

  1. (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    An kantang ini, para ki papa.
    This song's for (my) father.
    Yaon ki ate an selpon mo.
    Your sister has your cellphone.
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
    Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.
    We just ate breakfast.
  3. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
    Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
    The cat ate a fish.

Synonyms edit

  • (used to mark oblique cases): kay
  • (indirect or object marker): nin, -ng

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Breton edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun edit

ki m (plural chas or kon)

  1. dog
    Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
    The dog is sleeping here.

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Cornish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ki m (plural keun)

  1. dog

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Dena'ina edit

Adverb edit

ki

  1. again, too, more
  2. furthermore, moreover

Eastern Ojibwa edit

Etymology edit

cf. Ojibwe aki

Noun edit

ki inan

  1. earth

References edit

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177

Fijian edit

Preposition edit

ki

  1. to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)
  2. at (used for locations)

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin ().

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification(key): ki

Noun edit

ki

  1. chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

Declension edit

When pronounced /kiː/:

Inflection of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative ki kit
genitive kin kiden
kitten
partitive kitä kitä
illative kiin kihin
singular plural
nominative ki kit
accusative nom. ki kit
gen. kin
genitive kin kiden
kitten
partitive kitä kitä
inessive kissä kissä
elative kistä kistä
illative kiin kihin
adessive killä killä
ablative kiltä kiltä
allative kille kille
essive kinä kinä
translative kiksi kiksi
abessive kittä kittä
instructive kin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kini kini
accusative nom. kini kini
gen. kini
genitive kini kideni
kitteni
partitive kitäni kitäni
inessive kissäni kissäni
elative kistäni kistäni
illative kiini kihini
adessive killäni killäni
ablative kiltäni kiltäni
allative killeni killeni
essive kinäni kinäni
translative kikseni kikseni
abessive kittäni kittäni
instructive
comitative kineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kisi kisi
accusative nom. kisi kisi
gen. kisi
genitive kisi kidesi
kittesi
partitive kitäsi kitäsi
inessive kissäsi kissäsi
elative kistäsi kistäsi
illative kiisi kihisi
adessive killäsi killäsi
ablative kiltäsi kiltäsi
allative killesi killesi
essive kinäsi kinäsi
translative kiksesi kiksesi
abessive kittäsi kittäsi
instructive
comitative kinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kimme kimme
accusative nom. kimme kimme
gen. kimme
genitive kimme kidemme
kittemme
partitive kitämme kitämme
inessive kissämme kissämme
elative kistämme kistämme
illative kiimme kihimme
adessive killämme killämme
ablative kiltämme kiltämme
allative killemme killemme
essive kinämme kinämme
translative kiksemme kiksemme
abessive kittämme kittämme
instructive
comitative kinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kinne kinne
accusative nom. kinne kinne
gen. kinne
genitive kinne kidenne
kittenne
partitive kitänne kitänne
inessive kissänne kissänne
elative kistänne kistänne
illative kiinne kihinne
adessive killänne killänne
ablative kiltänne kiltänne
allative killenne killenne
essive kinänne kinänne
translative kiksenne kiksenne
abessive kittänne kittänne
instructive
comitative kinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kinsä kinsä
accusative nom. kinsä kinsä
gen. kinsä
genitive kinsä kidensä
kittensä
partitive kitään
kitänsä
kitään
kitänsä
inessive kissään
kissänsä
kissään
kissänsä
elative kistään
kistänsä
kistään
kistänsä
illative kiinsä kihinsä
adessive killään
killänsä
killään
killänsä
ablative kiltään
kiltänsä
kiltään
kiltänsä
allative killeen
killensä
killeen
killensä
essive kinään
kinänsä
kinään
kinänsä
translative kikseen
kiksensä
kikseen
kiksensä
abessive kittään
kittänsä
kittään
kittänsä
instructive
comitative kineen
kinensä

Fula edit

Suffix edit

ki

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives

Usage notes edit

Article edit

ki

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Lekki kithe tree

Usage notes edit

Determiner edit

ki

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ki lekkithis/that tree

Usage notes edit

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. who

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French qui.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

ki

  1. what

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. (relative) who, which

Usage notes edit

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see (“branch; twig; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Ugric.

Adverb edit

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

  1. out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
    Antonym: be
Usage notes edit

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (they could have seen it, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms edit
Compound words

Etymology 2 edit

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá c
ter. -ig meddig eddig addig c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként c
e-m. -ul / -ül c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
  2. (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (who, the person or people that)
    • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre,[1] stanza 2:
      Gondoljatok arra, kit messze rejtek / rejt tőletek, ki ha kóstolja bortok / nem érzi már ízét sem; és ha szóltok / nem érti, s más összhang mit vágya kerget.
      (literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.
  3. (relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (who, whoever, he/she who, they who)
    ki korán kel, aranyat lelthe early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)
  4. (paired) some (referring to people)
    Ki erre, ki arra szaladt.Some ran this way; some, the other way.

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question this that same every-/all no- relative some any else
e/i- a/o- ugyan mind(en)- se(m/n)- a- + qu. vala  akár
bár
más
who ki ő u mindenki senki aki v a b m
what mi ez az u u minden semmi ami /
amely
v a b m
which melyik mindegyik
mind
semelyik
egyik sem
amelyik v a b m
how hogy(an)
miként
így úgy u u mindenhogy
mindenhogyan
sehogy(an)
semmiképpen
(a)mint
ahogy(an)
v
v
a b
a b
m/m
m/m
whatlike
what kind
milyen
miféle
ilyen
efféle
olyan
afféle
u u mindenféle semmilyen
semmiféle
amilyen v
v
a b
a b
m
m/m
where hol itt ott u u mindenhol
mindenütt
sehol ahol v a b m
m
from wh. honnan innen onnan u u mindenhonnan sehonnan ahonnan v a b m
to where hova
hová
ide oda u u mindenhova
mindenhová
sehova
sehová
ahova
ahová
v
v
a b
a b
m
m
from
which way
merről erről arról u u mindenfelől semerről amerről v a b m
which way merre
merrefelé
erre
errefelé
arra
arrafelé
u u mindenfelé semerre amerre v a b m
why miért ezért azért u u mindenért semmiért amiért v a b m
how many hány ennyi annyi u u mind
az összes
sehány ahány v a b
how much mennyi semennyi amennyi v a b
wh. extent mennyire ennyire annyira u u (teljesen) semennyire amennyire v a b
what size mekkora ekkora akkora u u (az egész) semekkora amekkora v a b
what time mikor ekkor akkor u u mindig soha/sose(m)
sohase(m)
amikor v a b m
how long
how far
meddig eddig addig u u (végig)* semeddig ameddig v a b
*: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (whoever);
is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (no matter what).
né- (some) forms compounds with few words.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ki kik
accusative kit kiket
dative kinek kiknek
instrumental kivel kikkel
causal-final kiért kikért
translative kivé kikké
terminative kiig kikig
essive-formal kiként kikként
essive-modal
inessive kiben kikben
superessive kin kiken
adessive kinél kiknél
illative kibe kikbe
sublative kire kikre
allative kihez kikhez
elative kiből kikből
delative kiről kikről
ablative kitől kiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kié kiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kiéi kikéi
Possessive forms of ki
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kim kijeim
2nd person sing. kid kijeid
3rd person sing. kije kijei
1st person plural kink kijeink
2nd person plural kitek kijeitek
3rd person plural kijük kijeik
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions

Further reading edit

  • (who): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (out): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch quu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ki

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Synonyms edit

  • kiu (Standard Malay)

See also edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of iki.

Determiner edit

ki

  1. (colloquial) this, these

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese que.

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. that
  2. which

Conjunction edit

ki

  1. than

Kristang edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese que.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. (interrogative) what (what thing)
  2. (relative) that; which

Laz edit

Conjunction edit

ki

  1. Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

Maori edit

Particle edit

ki

  1. to, toward.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • ki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French qui.

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. (relative) who
  2. (relative) what
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From French que.

Particle edit

ki

  1. than
  2. that

Mohawk edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. this

Old French edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. Alternative spelling of qui
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:
      ki trop i prent son tens i pert
      He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result
    • c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
      m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
      Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver
    • 10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page CCLVIII [2]:
      Cil sunt vassal ki les oz ajusterent.
      Great was the courage of the ones who joined these two armies in battle

Pacoh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Katuic *kii (that). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (that, then, there), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).

Determiner edit

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) that/those
    Synonym: cốh
    ingay kithat day

Particle edit

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".
    Synonym: cốh
    Along ngcốh ki két.
    That tree is small.
    (literally, “As for that tree, [it's] small.”)

Adverb edit

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) so; then
    Synonym: cốh
    Ki ngai pôq tốq vel.
    Then they went to village.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (horn). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (horn) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (thorn)).

Noun edit

ki 

  1. rhinoceros horn

Papiamentu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué.

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. what

Phalura edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Postposition edit

ki (کیۡ)

  1. as
  2. of
  3. out of
  4. with

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. or

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ki m sg

  1. (obsolete) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
    Synonyms: jaki, który

Further reading edit

  • ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rapa Nui edit

Verb edit

ki

  1. say
  2. look

Rohingya edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. what

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronoun edit

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

  1. (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who
    Synonym: koji

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. who, which, that (relative)

Inflection edit

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

ki

  1. Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ki

  1. it is

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English key.

Noun edit

ki

  1. key

Tokelauan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ki]
  • Hyphenation: ki

Preposition edit

ki

  1. towards, to, into, onto
  2. Marks the direct object of some verbs.

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

Tongan edit

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

ki

  1. to (in the dative sense)

Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian کِه (ki).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ki

  1. (+ optative or imperative) so that, so
    Yaptım ki gidesin.
    I did it so that you would (be able to) go.
    Yaptım ki gitsin.
    I did it so that they would (be able to) go.
  2. that
    Seni öpersem, biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.
    If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.
  3. anyways
    Neden ondan korkuyorsun? Yapmaz ki o bir bok.
    Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anways.
Usage notes edit
  • With sense 1, the optative is used for all persons with the exception of the third person singular, which takes the imperative form instead.
  • With sense 2, it also possible to use this sentence structure
    • Seni öpersem, sana âşık olacağımı biliyorum.
      If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.

Etymology 2 edit

Reduced form of iki.

Numeral edit

ki

  1. two (short form of iki)
    bir-ki-üç-dört
    one-two-three-four

Unami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ki

  1. you (second person singular)

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French quille.

Noun edit

(classifier con) ki

  1. (bowling) a pin

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

(classifier con) ki

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
    ngu như kistupid like a dog

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

(classifier cái) ki

  1. a dustpan
    Synonym: đồ hốt rác

Yoruba edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

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

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Particle edit

  1. (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
Usage notes edit

Similar to the negation particles and , the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

  1. (transitive) to greet, to say hello
  2. (transitive) to visit

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

  1. (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
  2. (transitive) to sing the praises of someone
Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

ki

  1. (transitive) to load
  2. (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

ki

  1. (intransitive) to be viscous
  2. to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 7 edit

Particle edit

  1. Alternative form of (not) (used before í)

Zou edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
Ki (1).

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

  1. horn

Etymology 2 edit

 
Ki (2).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

  1. parrot

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

  1. scared
  2. disgusted

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63