kī
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kiː/
Adverb edit
kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (interrogative) how?
- 𒆠 𒈠𒍢 [kī maṣi?] ― ki ma-ṣi ― how many/how much?
- 𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠
- [kī ana ṣērīya lā tallakam]
- ki-i a-na ṣe₂-ri-ia la ta-al-la-ka-am
- how does it happen that you're not coming to me?
- 𒆠𒄿 𒄩𒉈 [kī ḫabil!] ― ki-i ha-bil ― How has he been wronged! (= What a pity!)
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Preposition edit
kī (from Old Akkadian on)
- as, like, in the manner of, according to
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References edit
- “kî”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kī”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Hawaiian edit
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Maori edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui kī, Hawaiian ʻī, Tahitian i.
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Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.
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Zacatepec Chatino edit
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