kiu
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
kiu
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”)
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Pronoun edit
kiu (plural kiuj, accusative singular kiun, accusative plural kiujn)
- who (the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals)
- Mi jam diris, ke mia frato, kiu estis iomete pli aĝa ol mi, mortis.
- I already said, that my brother, who was a little bit older than me, died.
- (relative) which
- La vivo moviĝas laŭ bova rapideco sur la sunaj, ĉielgloraj deklivoj, kiuj falas de la piramidaj pintoj al la bordoj de la bluega oceano.
- Life moves ploddingly on the sunny, heavenly-glorious slopes, which fall from the piramidal peaks to the borders of the big blue ocean.
- Karlo restas fama pro la influo-batalo, kiun li entreprenis kontraŭ la Parlamento de Anglio.(VP)
- Charles remains famous for the influence battle, which he undertook against the English Parliament.
Derived terms edit
Determiner edit
kiu (accusative singular kiun, plural kiuj, accusative plural kiujn)
Usage notes edit
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kiu can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kiu ajn thus means whoever.
See also edit
Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *tiu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiup (“blowing on”) (compare Malay tiup).
Noun edit
kiu
- the name of a strong, moderately cold northwesterly wind
Kavalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 茄 (kiô).
Noun edit
kiu
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kiu (plural kiu-kiu)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
kiu
- Nonstandard spelling of kiū.
- Nonstandard spelling of kiù.
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.
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun edit
kiu (needs class)
Teop edit
Verb edit
kiu
- to work
References edit
- Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar
Zou edit
Noun edit
kiu
References edit
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