BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ke inan

  1. smoke

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ke (inanimate, ending in vowel)
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

  1. food
  2. bat

ChuukeseEdit

PronounEdit

ke

  1. you (singular)

AdjectiveEdit

ke

  1. you are

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
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

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛ]
  • (file)

PrepositionEdit

ke

  1. to
  2. toward, towards

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • ke in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ke in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (that).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ke

  1. that

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

ke

  1. Abbreviation of keskiviikko.

AnagramsEdit

GuaraníEdit

NounEdit

ke

  1. dream

VerbEdit

ke

  1. to sleep

ConjugationEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French que (that).

PronounEdit

ke

  1. (relative, object of relative clause) that
Usage notesEdit
  • This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2Edit

From French queue (tail).

NounEdit

ke

  1. tail

Etymology 3Edit

From French que (than).

PrepositionEdit

ke

  1. than
Alternative formsEdit

Havasupai-Walapai-YavapaiEdit

ParticleEdit

ke

  1. (Yavapai) not, negation particle

ReferencesEdit

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

HawaiianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ArticleEdit

ke (definite)

  1. the

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

  1. 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)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

See alsoEdit

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkə]
  • Hyphenation:

PrepositionEdit

  1. to
    Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman.
    Yesterday I went to a friend’s home.

See alsoEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shorter, written form of che

PronounEdit

ke

  1. (informal, often in Internet chat or in SMS messages) who; which; what; that; than

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

KholosiEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PostpositionEdit

ke

  1. accusative case marker
  2. dative case marker
    Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay
    Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

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)

  1. that
  2. indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)

PronounEdit

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה‎)

  1. who; that
  2. that; whom

PrepositionEdit

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה‎)

  1. than

MalayEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Shortened form of -kah.

ConjunctionEdit

ke

  1. (informal) or
    Besar ke kecil?
    Big or small?
    Boleh ke tak?
    Can you do it (or not)?
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

PrepositionEdit

ke

  1. to
    Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
    Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Indonesian: ke

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ke

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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)

  1. liver

ReferencesEdit

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mbyá GuaraníEdit

VerbEdit

ke

  1. to sleep

ConjugationEdit

Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“street; market; fair; etc.”).
(This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)
For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“to add; more”).
(This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

Old FrenchEdit

PronounEdit

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

ConjunctionEdit

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

ke

  1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ka

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

VerbEdit

ke

  1. to want, to wish
  2. to love, to like

RomaniEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ke

  1. because

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

-ke (declinable)

  1. female

InflectionEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Tocharian AEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.

NounEdit

ke

  1. chance, opportunity

Tocharian BEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly related to the intensifying suffix -k(ä).

ParticleEdit

ke

  1. 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

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ke ()

  1. saliva/drool that flows out when sleeping
    Mồm dính ke kìa.
    You have spit around your mouth.

XerénteEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ke

  1. honey

ReferencesEdit

  • Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente

YorubaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to cry; to shout; to scream
    Mo sí ọI cry out to you
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to cut
    Synonym:
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

  1. (Yagba) Alternative form of
    Ìghọn ọlọ́ṣà gbe arù rẹ̀ rèThe 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

IPA(key): /ɠe/?

VerbEdit

-ke?

  1. (auxiliary) sometimes, occasionally [+subjunctive]
    Ake akhale.
    Sometimes he cries.
  2. (auxiliary) ever [+past subjunctive]
    Wake wabona ibhubesi?
    Have you ever seen a lion?
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

  1. (that one) dare to, let; indicates threatening [+subjunctive]
    Ke azame-nje!
    Just let him try!

ReferencesEdit