-ki-

English

Infix

-ki-

1. (pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

Derived terms

• lebrikizumab

Anagrams

• IK, Ik

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Etymology 1

Infix

-ki-

1. when, if; conditional marker

   nikinunua ― if I buy

Etymology 2

Infix

-ki-

1. it, ki class_(VII) object concord

See also

Swahili verbal concords (third person)

Class	Subject concord		Object concord	Relative
	affirmative	negative
m(I)	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	-ye
wa(II)	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	-o
m(III)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
mi(IV)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
ji(V)	li-	hali-	-li-	-lo
ma(VI)	ya-	haya-	-ya-	-yo
ki(VII)	ki-	haki-	-ki-	-cho
vi(VIII)	vi-	havi-	-vi-	-vyo
n(IX)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
n(X)	zi-	hazi-	-zi-	-zo
u(XI)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
ku(XV/XVII)	ku-	haku-	-ku-	-ko
pa(XVI)	pa-	hapa-	-pa-	-po
mu(XVIII)	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-mu-	-mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Arigidi -kí-, Ede Idaca -kú-

Interfix

-kí-

1. adds the meaning "any" to a noun when inserted into the reduplicated form (sometimes used pejoratively to mean "bad")

   ọmọ (“child”) → ọmọkọ́mọ (“any child, bad child”)

   fìlà (“hat”) → fìlàkífìlà (“any hat”)

   ẹni (“one, person”) → ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)

   ewé (“leaf”) → ewékéwé (“any leaf; bad leaf”)

Usage notes

For nouns that start with a vowel, the vowel in kí is deleted, but the high tone is retained. For nouns that start with a consonant, kí is inserted directly.