kī

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kiː/

Adverb

kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. (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!)

Alternative forms

• kē, akī, akē

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒆠𒄿 (ki-i) 𒆠 (ki) 𒆠𒂊 (ke-e) 𒀀𒆠𒂊 (a-ke-e) 𒀀𒆠𒄿 (a-ki-i)

Preposition

kī (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  as, like, in the manner of, according to

Alternative forms

• kē, akī, akē

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒆠 (ki) 𒆠𒄿 (ki-i)

References

• “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, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Hawaiian

kī (1)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/, [ˈtiː]

Etymology 1

Noun

kī

1. ti (Cordyline fruticosa)

Etymology 2

From English key.

Noun

kī

1. key

Etymology 3

From English tea.

Noun

kī

1. tea

Japanese

Romanization

kī

1. Rōmaji transcription of キー

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui kī, Hawaiian ʻī, Tahitian i.

Verb

kī

1. to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate

Noun

kī

1. saying, word

Etymology 2

Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.

Noun

kī

1. (stative) to be full

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English key.

Noun

kī

1. key

Verb

kī

1. to lock
2. (stative) to be locked

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

kī

1. grass