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ki

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Translingual

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ki

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

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Noun

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ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

  1. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ki (plural kis)

  1. Alternative form of key (a kilogram)
    • 2005, Dave Courtney, Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 113:
      And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.'
    • 2006, Graham Johnson, Druglord: Guns, Powder and Pay-Offs, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 93:
      But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.
    • 2012, Kim K., Rise of an American Gangstress, Bellport, N.Y.: Melodrama Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
      Hopefully, she would be able to save up just enough to buy her own half a ki of coke. And from there, the sky would be the limit.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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ki (uncountable)

  1. (UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”)
    • 1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, volumes 34-35, page 217:
      At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.

Etymology 4

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From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

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Noun

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ki (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
    • 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art, page 19:
      If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.
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etymologically unrelated

Anagrams

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Abenaki

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Noun

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ki

  1. Alternative form of aki

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Aimele

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Noun

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ki

  1. bone

Further reading

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  • R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24

Albanian

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Verb

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ki

  1. second-person singular imperative of kam

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian که (kē).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ci]
  • (Karabakh) IPA(key): [cin]
  • Audio:(file)

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ki

  1. that
    Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.
    I know that this is right.
    O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.
    He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.
  2. to, in order to, so that
    Mən oraya getmişdim ki, lazım olanları alım.
    I went there to buy whatever was needed.
    Onlar onu evə göndərdilər ki, heç kim onu görməsin.
    They sent him home so that nobody would see him.

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.

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Preposition

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ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)

  1. (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    An kantang ini, para ki papa.
    This song's for (my) father.
    Yaon ki ate an selpon mo.
    Your sister has your cellphone.
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
    Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.
    We just ate breakfast.
  3. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
    Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
    The cat ate a fish.

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  • (used to mark oblique cases): kay
  • (indirect or object marker): nin, -ng

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

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ki m (plural chas or kon)

  1. dog
    Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
    The dog is sleeping here.

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Mutation

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Mutation of ki
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular ki gi c'hi unchanged
plural kon gon c'hon unchanged

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

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Noun

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ki m (plural keun)

  1. dog

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Mutation

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Mutation of ki
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
ki gi hi unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

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Noun

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ki c

  1. Initialism of kunstig intelligens.

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Dena'ina

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Adverb

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ki

  1. again, too, more
  2. furthermore, moreover

Eastern Ojibwa

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Etymology

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cf. Ojibwe aki

Noun

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ki inan

  1. earth

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Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177

Fijian

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Preposition

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ki

  1. to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)
  2. at (used for locations)

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification(key): ki
  • Hyphenation(key): ki

Noun

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ki

  1. chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

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When pronounced /kiː/:

Inflection of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative ki kit
genitive kin kiden
kitten
partitive kitä kitä
illative kiin kihin
singular plural
nominative ki kit
accusative nom. ki kit
gen. kin
genitive kin kiden
kitten
partitive kitä kitä
inessive kissä kissä
elative kistä kistä
illative kiin kihin
adessive killä killä
ablative kiltä kiltä
allative kille kille
essive kinä kinä
translative kiksi kiksi
abessive kittä kittä
instructive — kin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kini kini
accusative nom. kini kini
gen. kini
genitive kini kideni
kitteni
partitive kitäni kitäni
inessive kissäni kissäni
elative kistäni kistäni
illative kiini kihini
adessive killäni killäni
ablative kiltäni kiltäni
allative killeni killeni
essive kinäni kinäni
translative kikseni kikseni
abessive kittäni kittäni
instructive — —
comitative — kineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kisi kisi
accusative nom. kisi kisi
gen. kisi
genitive kisi kidesi
kittesi
partitive kitäsi kitäsi
inessive kissäsi kissäsi
elative kistäsi kistäsi
illative kiisi kihisi
adessive killäsi killäsi
ablative kiltäsi kiltäsi
allative killesi killesi
essive kinäsi kinäsi
translative kiksesi kiksesi
abessive kittäsi kittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — kinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kimme kimme
accusative nom. kimme kimme
gen. kimme
genitive kimme kidemme
kittemme
partitive kitämme kitämme
inessive kissämme kissämme
elative kistämme kistämme
illative kiimme kihimme
adessive killämme killämme
ablative kiltämme kiltämme
allative killemme killemme
essive kinämme kinämme
translative kiksemme kiksemme
abessive kittämme kittämme
instructive — —
comitative — kinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kinne kinne
accusative nom. kinne kinne
gen. kinne
genitive kinne kidenne
kittenne
partitive kitänne kitänne
inessive kissänne kissänne
elative kistänne kistänne
illative kiinne kihinne
adessive killänne killänne
ablative kiltänne kiltänne
allative killenne killenne
essive kinänne kinänne
translative kiksenne kiksenne
abessive kittänne kittänne
instructive — —
comitative — kinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kinsä kinsä
accusative nom. kinsä kinsä
gen. kinsä
genitive kinsä kidensä
kittensä
partitive kitään
kitänsä 		kitään
kitänsä
inessive kissään
kissänsä 		kissään
kissänsä
elative kistään
kistänsä 		kistään
kistänsä
illative kiinsä kihinsä
adessive killään
killänsä 		killään
killänsä
ablative kiltään
kiltänsä 		kiltään
kiltänsä
allative killeen
killensä 		killeen
killensä
essive kinään
kinänsä 		kinään
kinänsä
translative kikseen
kiksensä 		kikseen
kiksensä
abessive kittään
kittänsä 		kittään
kittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — kineen
kinensä

Fula

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Suffix

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ki

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives

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Article

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ki

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Lekki ki ― the tree

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Determiner

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ki

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ki lekki ― this/that tree

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. who

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French qui.

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Determiner

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ki

  1. what

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ki

  1. (relative) who, which

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝).

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

  1. out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
    Antonym: be
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This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

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Hungarian table of correlatives (see also Hungarian demonstrative adverbs)
question question
word 		this that same every-/all no- relative some- any- other-/else- a few
e/i- a/o- ugyan- mind-
minden- 		se(m/n)- a- vala- akár-, bár- más- né-
who ki ő ugyanő mindenki senki aki valaki akárki, bárki másvalaki –
what mi ez az ugyanez
ugyanaz		 minden
mindez, mindaz		 semmi ami, amely valami akármi, bármi más
másvalami		 –
which melyik mindegyik
mind		 semelyik
egyik sem		 amelyik valamelyik
egyik		 akármelyik, bármelyik másik némelyik
how hogy(an)
miként, mint
miképp(en) 		így
ekként
ekképp(en)		 úgy
akként
akképp(en)		 ugyanígy
ugyanúgy		 mindenhogy(an)
mindenképp(en)
mindenféleképpen		 sehogy(an)1
semmiképp(en)
semmiféleképpen		 ahogy(an)
(a)mint
(a)miképpen		 valahogy(an)2
valamiképp(en)		 akárhogy(an), bárhogy(an)
akár-/bármiképpen		 máshogy(an)
másként
másképp(en)		 némiképpen
what…like
what kind 		milyen
miféle 		ilyen
efféle		 olyan
afféle		 ugyanilyen
ugyanolyan		 mindenféle semmilyen
semmiféle		 amilyen valamilyen
valamiféle		 akármilyen, bármilyen
akármiféle, bármiféle		 másmilyen, másfajta
másféle		 néhányféle
where hol itt ott ugyanitt
ugyanott		 mindenhol
mindenütt		 sehol ahol valahol akárhol, bárhol máshol
másutt		 néhol
from where honnan innen onnan ugyaninnen
ugyanonnan		 mindenhonnan sehonnan ahonnan valahonnan akárhonnan, bárhonnan máshonnan –
to where hova
hová 		ide oda ugyanide
ugyanoda		 mindenhova
mindenhová		 sehova
sehová		 ahova
ahová		 valahova
valahová		 akárhova, bárhova
akárhová, bárhová		 máshova
máshová		 –
from which way merről erről arról ugyanerről
ugyanarról		 mindenfelől semerről amerről valamerről akármerről, bármerről másfelől –
which way merre
merrefelé 		erre
errefelé		 arra
arrafelé		 ugyanerre
ugyanarra		 mindenfelé semerre amerre valamerre akármerre, bármerre másfelé –
why miért ezért azért ugyanezért
ugyanazért		 mindenért semmiért amiért valamiért akármiért, bármiért másért –
how many hány ennyi annyi ugyanennyi
ugyanannyi		 mind
az összes		 sehány ahány valahány akárhány, bárhány – néhány
how much mennyi semennyi amennyi valamennyi akármennyi, bármennyi némi
what extent mennyire ennyire annyira ugyanennyire
ugyanannyira		 (teljesen) semennyire amennyire valamennyire akármennyire, bármennyire – –
what size mekkora ekkora akkora ugyanekkora
ugyanakkora		 (az egész) semekkora amekkora valamekkora akármekkora, bármekkora – –
what time mikor ekkor akkor ugyanekkor
ugyanakkor		 mindig soha/sose(m)
sohase(m)
semmikor		 amikor valamikor akármikor, bármikor máskor néha
how long
how far 		meddig eddig addig ugyaneddig
ugyanaddig		 (végig)3 semeddig amíg
ameddig		 valameddig akármeddig, bármeddig –  –

1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.

Pronoun

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ki

  2. (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
  3. (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
    • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre,[1] stanza 2:
      Gondoljatok arra, kit messze rejtek / rejt tőletek, ki ha kóstolja bortok / nem érzi már ízét sem; és ha szóltok / nem érti, s más összhang mit vágya kerget.
      (literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.
  4. (relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (“who”, whoever, he/she who, they who)
    ki korán kel, aranyat lel ― the early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)
  5. (paired) some (referring to people)
    Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ki kik
accusative kit kiket
dative kinek kiknek
instrumental kivel kikkel
causal-final kiért kikért
translative kivé kikké
terminative kiig kikig
essive-formal kiként kikként
essive-modal — —
inessive kiben kikben
superessive kin kiken
adessive kinél kiknél
illative kibe kikbe
sublative kire kikre
allative kihez kikhez
elative kiből kikből
delative kiről kikről
ablative kitől kiktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		kié kiké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		kiéi kikéi
Possessive forms of ki
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kim kijeim (or kiim)
2nd person sing. kid kijeid (or kiid)
3rd person sing. kije kijei (or kii)
1st person plural kink kijeink (or kiink)
2nd person plural kitek kijeitek (or kiitek)
3rd person plural kijük kijeik (or kiik)
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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal prefix category
nominative – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt 		kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – category
terminative -ig – meddig eddig addig – – category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – category
essive-modal -ul / -ül – – – – – – category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – category

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Further reading

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  • (who): ki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (out): ki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch quu.

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Noun

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ki (plural ki-ki)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

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  • kiu (Standard Malay)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ki

  1. The hiragana syllable き (ki) or the katakana syllable キ (ki) in Hepburn romanization.

Javanese

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Etymology

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Clipping of iki.

Determiner

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ki

  1. (colloquial) this, these

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese que.

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ki

  1. that
  2. which

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ki

  1. than

Kristang

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Etymology

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From Portuguese que.

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. (interrogative) what (what thing)
  2. (relative) that; which

Laz

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ki

  1. Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

Maori

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Particle

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ki

  1. to, toward.

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Further reading

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  • “ki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology 1

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From French qui.

Pronoun

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ki

  1. (relative) who
  2. (relative) what
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Etymology 2

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From French que.

Particle

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ki

  1. than
  2. that

Mohawk

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. this

Nǀuu

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. it

Verb

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ki

  1. have
    Na ki maari
    I have a money

References

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  • Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
  • Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

Old French

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. Alternative spelling of qui
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:
      ki trop i prent son tens i pert
      He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result
    • c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
      m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
      Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver
    • 10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page CCLVIII [2]:
      Cil sunt vassal ki les oz ajusterent.
      Great was the courage of the ones who joined these two armies in battle

Pacoh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Katuic *kii (“that”). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (“that, then, there”), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).

Determiner

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ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) that/those
    Synonym: cốh
    ingay ki ― that day

Particle

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ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".
    Synonym: cốh
    Along ngcốh ki két.
    That tree is small.
    (literally, “As for that tree, [it's] small.”)

Adverb

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ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) so; then
    Synonym: cốh
    Ki ngai pôq tốq vel.
    Then they went to village.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (“horn”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (“horn”) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (“thorn”)).

Noun

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ki 

  1. rhinoceros horn

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué and Kabuverdianu ki.

Pronoun

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ki

  1. what

Phalura

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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ki (کیۡ)

  1. as
  2. of
  3. out of
  4. with

References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. or

References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.

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Pronoun

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ki m sg

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
    Synonyms: jaki, który

Declension

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Declension of ki (velar)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative ki ka kie cy kie
genitive kiego kiej kiego kich
dative kiemu kiej kiemu kim
accusative kiego ki ką kie kich kie
instrumental kim ką kim kimi
locative kim kiej kim kich

Further reading

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  • ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Waga (1860) “ki”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 752

Rapa Nui

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Verb

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ki

  1. say
  2. look

Rohingya

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. what

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronoun

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ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

  1. (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who
    Synonym: koji

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. who, which, that (relative)

Declension

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This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Sumerian

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Romanization

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ki

  1. Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

Sundanese

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Contraction

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ki

  1. Shortened form of kai (“wood, tree”)

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ 'KI' in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ki

  1. it is

Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

Pronoun

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ki

  1. who

Tat

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

Pronoun

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ki

  1. who

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English key.

Noun

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ki

  1. key

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ki]
  • Hyphenation: ki

Preposition

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ki

  1. towards, to, into, onto
  2. Marks the direct object of some verbs.

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

Tongan

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ki

  1. to (in the dative sense)

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian که.

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Conjunction

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ki

  1. (+ optative or imperative) so that, so
    Yaptım ki gidesin.
    I did it so that you would (be able to) go.
    Yaptım ki gitsin.
    I did it so that they would (be able to) go.
  2. that
    Seni öpersem biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.
    If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.
  3. anyways
    Neden ondan korkuyorsun? O bir halt yapmaz ki.
    Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anyways.
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  • With sense 1, the optative is used for all persons with the exception of the third person singular, which takes the imperative form instead.
  • With sense 2, it also possible to use this sentence structure
    • Seni öpersem, sana âşık olacağımı biliyorum.
      If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.

Etymology 2

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Reduced form of iki.

Numeral

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ki

  1. two (short form of iki)
    bir-ki-üç-dört
    one-two-three-four

Unami

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

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Pronoun

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ki

  1. you (second person singular)

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French quille.

Noun

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(classifier con) ki

  1. (bowling) a pin

Etymology 2

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From English Henry Kissinger.

Noun

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(classifier con) ki

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
    ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
  2. common Vietnamese name for dogs

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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(classifier cái) ki

  1. a dustpan
    Synonym: đồ hốt rác

Woiwurrung

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Interjection

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ki

  1. ha[1]

References

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  1. ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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kí

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

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Etymology 2

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Particle

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kí

  1. (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
Usage notes
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Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.

Etymology 3

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Verb

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kí

  1. (transitive) to greet, to say hello
  2. (transitive) to visit

Etymology 4

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Verb

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kì

  1. (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
  2. (transitive) to sing the praises of someone
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Etymology 5

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Verb

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ki

  1. (transitive) to load
  2. (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

Etymology 6

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Verb

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ki

  1. (intransitive) to be viscous
  2. to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
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Etymology 7

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Particle

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kì

  1. Alternative form of kò (“not”) (used before í)

Zou

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Etymology 1

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Ki (1).

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.

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Noun

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kí

  1. horn

Etymology 2

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Ki (2).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kí

  1. parrot

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kì

  1. scared
  2. disgusted

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63
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