ke
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ke inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ke (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | ke | kea | keak |
ergative | kek | keak | keek |
dative | keri | keari | keei |
genitive | keren | kearen | keen |
comitative | kerekin | kearekin | keekin |
causative | kerengatik | kearengatik | keengatik |
benefactive | kerentzat | kearentzat | keentzat |
instrumental | kez | keaz | keez |
inessive | ketan | kean | keetan |
locative | ketako | keko | keetako |
allative | ketara | kera | keetara |
terminative | ketaraino | keraino | keetaraino |
directive | ketarantz | kerantz | keetarantz |
destinative | ketarako | kerako | keetarako |
ablative | ketatik | ketik | keetatik |
partitive | kerik | — | — |
prolative | ketzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
BorôroEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ke
ChuukeseEdit
PronounEdit
ke
- you (singular)
AdjectiveEdit
ke
- you are
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
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Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete | |
Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete | |
Plural | First person | aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive) |
ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive) |
aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive) |
ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive) |
aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive) |
aute (exclusive) site (inclusive) |
Second person | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute | |
Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ke
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (“that”).
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ke
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
ke
AnagramsEdit
GuaraníEdit
NounEdit
ke
VerbEdit
ke
- to sleep
ConjugationEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
ke
- (relative, object of relative clause) that
Usage notesEdit
- This word is often omitted.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
ke
Etymology 3Edit
PrepositionEdit
ke
Alternative formsEdit
Havasupai-Walapai-YavapaiEdit
ParticleEdit
ke
- (Yavapai) not, negation particle
ReferencesEdit
- Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages
HawaiianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
ArticleEdit
ke (definite)
Usage notesEdit
- Modifies words which begin with the letters 'k', 'a', 'e', and 'o'.
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto ke, from French que, Portuguese que, Spanish que, Italian che.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ke
- that
- Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.
- I know that you want to help me
Usage notesEdit
The conjugation can also be used in combination with a preposition to make it a conjugation. See: pro ke, por ke, dum ke, depos ke, and til ke.
Proper nounEdit
ke (plural ke-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter K/k.
See alsoEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
kê
See alsoEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shorter, written form of che
PronounEdit
ke
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ke
KholosiEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PostpositionEdit
ke
- accusative case marker
- dative case marker
ReferencesEdit
- Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran[1], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization
LadinoEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)
- that
- indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)
PronounEdit
ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)
PrepositionEdit
ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)
MalayEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortened form of -kah.
ConjunctionEdit
ke
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.
PrepositionEdit
ke
- to
- Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
- Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Indonesian: ke
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
ke
- Nonstandard spelling of kē.
- Nonstandard spelling of ké.
- Nonstandard spelling of kě.
- Nonstandard spelling of kè.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
MapudungunEdit
NounEdit
ke (Raguileo spelling)
ReferencesEdit
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Mbyá GuaraníEdit
VerbEdit
ke
- to sleep
ConjugationEdit
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 街 (“street; market; fair; etc.”). (This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 街.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 加 (“to add; more”). (This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 加.) |
Old FrenchEdit
PronounEdit
ke
- Alternative form of que
ConjunctionEdit
ke
- Alternative form of que
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
ke
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.
VerbEdit
ke
RomaniEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ke
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
-ke (declinable)
InflectionEdit
Noun class | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
m-wa class(I/II) | mke | wake |
m-mi class(III/IV) | mke | mike |
ji-ma class(V/VI) | ke | make |
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kike | vike |
n class(IX/X) | ke | ke |
u class(XI) | mke | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
pa class(XVI) | pake | |
ku class(XVII) | kuke | |
mu class(XVIII) | muke |
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Tocharian AEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.
NounEdit
ke
Tocharian BEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly related to the intensifying suffix -k(ä).
ParticleEdit
ke
- intensifying particle
Further readingEdit
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 201
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ke
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
XerénteEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ke
ReferencesEdit
- Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ké
Derived termsEdit
- akéwì (“oral poet”)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ké
Derived termsEdit
- àáké (“axe”)
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
kè
- (Yagba) Alternative form of kò
- Ìghọn ọlọ́ṣà kè gbe arù rẹ̀ rè ― The thieves did not steal his luggage
ZuluEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
-ke?
- (auxiliary) sometimes, occasionally [+subjunctive]
- Ake akhale.
- Sometimes he cries.
- Ake akhale.
- (auxiliary) ever [+past subjunctive]
- Wake wabona ibhubesi?
- Have you ever seen a lion?
- Wake wabona ibhubesi?
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ke
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ke”
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ke (3)”