Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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  1. who (interrogative)

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷih₂, *kʷid.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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(often followed by ki or ç' ki, sometimes written çki)

  1. who (interrogative pronoun, subject, possibly being followed by "çki" or "k'")
    vént avou mi ? (Who comes with me ?)
    Kî ç' ki vout responde (Who wants to answer?)
  2. whom (interrogative pronoun, object, possibly being followed by "çki" or "k'")
    dmandîz ? or Kî k' vos dmandîz ? (Whom did you ask?)
    Avou estîz ki cåzéve ? or Avou kî ç' ki vs estîz e trén d' djåzer (With whom were you talking?)
  3. who (relative pronoun in a general statement)
    m' inme inme mi tchén (Who likes me likes my dog)
  4. one (in a choose)
    Il ont spité evoye, a droete, a hintche. (They ran away, one on the right, one on the left).