ki
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
ki
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)
- A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
ki (uncountable)
- (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 3 Edit
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.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ki (uncountable)
- (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.
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Abenaki Edit
Noun Edit
ki
- Alternative form of aki
References Edit
- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 40
Aimele Edit
Noun Edit
ki
Further reading Edit
- R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24
Azerbaijani Edit
Etymology Edit
From Classical Persian که (ki).
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
ki
- 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.
- 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 Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)
- (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
- An kantang ini, para ki papa.
- This song's for (my) father.
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
- Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.
- We just ate breakfast.
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
- Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
- The cat ate a fish.
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
Breton Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Noun Edit
- dog
- Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
- The dog is sleeping here.
Derived terms Edit
Mutation Edit
Cornish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ki m (plural keun)
Derived terms Edit
Mutation Edit
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
ki | gi | hi | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Dena'ina Edit
Adverb Edit
ki
Eastern Ojibwa Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
ki inan
References Edit
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177
Fijian Edit
Preposition Edit
ki
Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣/气 (qì).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ki
Declension Edit
When pronounced /kiː/:
Inflection of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
instructive | — | kin | ||
abessive | kittä | kittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Fula Edit
Suffix Edit
ki
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives
Usage notes Edit
Article Edit
ki
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
- Lekki ki ― the tree
Usage notes Edit
Determiner Edit
ki
- (used in indicating something)
- Ki lekki ― this/that tree
Usage notes Edit
Guinea-Bissau Creole Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Haitian Creole Edit
Etymology Edit
Determiner Edit
ki
Pronoun Edit
ki
Usage notes Edit
- This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.
Hungarian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Ugric.
Adverb Edit
ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)
Usage notes Edit
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.
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.
Pronoun Edit
ki
- (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
- (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.
- 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.
- 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre,[1] stanza 2:
- (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”)
- (paired) some (referring to people)
- Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.
Declension Edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kim | kijeim |
2nd person sing. | kid | kijeid |
3rd person sing. | kije | kijei |
1st person plural | kink | kijeink |
2nd person plural | kitek | kijeitek |
3rd person plural | kijük | kijeik |
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- (who): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (out): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Japanese Edit
Romanization Edit
ki
Javanese Edit
Etymology Edit
Clipping of iki.
Determiner Edit
ki
- (colloquial) this, these
Kabuverdianu Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese que.
Adverb Edit
ki
Kristang Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese que.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Laz Edit
Conjunction Edit
ki
- Latin spelling of ქი (ki)
Maori Edit
Particle Edit
ki
Derived terms Edit
- ki waho - out, outside
Further reading Edit
Mauritian Creole Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Particle Edit
ki
Min Nan Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”). (This character, ki, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝.) |
Mohawk Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Old French Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
- 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
Papiamentu Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- kiko (synonym)
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué.
Pronoun Edit
ki
Phalura Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation Edit
Postposition Edit
ki (کیۡ)
- as
- of
- out of
- with
References Edit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 2 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- or
References Edit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 3 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause
References Edit
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki m sg
- (obsolete) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
Further reading Edit
Rapa Nui Edit
Verb Edit
ki
Rohingya Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
Pronoun Edit
ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)
Slovene Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
Inflection Edit
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Sumerian Edit
Romanization Edit
ki
- Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)
Swahili Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb Edit
ki
Tok Pisin Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
ki
Tokelauan Edit
Etymology Edit
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 Edit
Preposition Edit
ki
References Edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159
Tongan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
ki
Turkish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Ottoman Turkish كه, from Classical Persian که (ke).
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
ki
- (+ 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.
- that
- Seni öpersem, biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.
- If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.
- anyways
- Neden ondan korkuyorsun? Yapmaz ki o bir bok.
- Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anways.
Usage notes Edit
- 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 Edit
Reduced form of iki.
Numeral Edit
ki
Unami Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ki
- you (second person singular)
Vietnamese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
(classifier con) ki
Etymology 2 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
(classifier con) ki
- (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
- ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
Etymology 3 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
(classifier cái) ki
Yoruba Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
kí
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
Etymology 2 Edit
Particle Edit
kí
- (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
Usage notes Edit
Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.
Etymology 3 Edit
Verb Edit
kí
- (transitive) to greet, to say hello
- (transitive) to visit
Etymology 4 Edit
Verb Edit
kì
- (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
- (transitive) to sing the praises of someone
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 5 Edit
Verb Edit
ki
- (transitive) to load
- (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container
Etymology 6 Edit
Verb Edit
ki
- (intransitive) to be viscous
- to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 7 Edit
Particle Edit
kì
Zou Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kí
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kí
Etymology 3 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
kì
References Edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63