ki
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
ki
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)
- A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
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.
- 1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal (volumes 34-35, page 217)
Etymology 3Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
- 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art (page 19)
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AbenakiEdit
NounEdit
ki
- Alternative form of aki
ReferencesEdit
- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 40
AimeleEdit
NounEdit
ki
Further readingEdit
- R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
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 CentralEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ki
- (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
- An kantang ini, para ki papa.
- This song's for (my) father.
- Synonym: kay
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
- Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
- The cat ate a fish.
- Synonym: nin
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
NounEdit
- dog
- Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
- The dog is sleeping here.
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
CornishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ki m (plural keun)
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
ki | gi | hi | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Dena'inaEdit
AdverbEdit
ki
Eastern OjibwaEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ki inan
ReferencesEdit
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177
FijianEdit
PrepositionEdit
ki
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣/气 (qì).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ki
DeclensionEdit
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 | — | kineen |
Possessive forms of ki (type maa) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kini | kimme |
2nd person | kisi | kinne |
3rd person | kinsä |
FulaEdit
SuffixEdit
ki
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives
Usage notesEdit
ArticleEdit
ki
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
- Lekki ki ― the tree
Usage notesEdit
DeterminerEdit
ki
- (used in indicating something)
- Ki lekki ― this/that tree
Usage notesEdit
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
PronounEdit
ki
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
DeterminerEdit
ki
PronounEdit
ki
Usage notesEdit
- This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Ugric.
AdverbEdit
ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)
Usage notesEdit
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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.
PronounEdit
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.
DeclensionEdit
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 | ||
---|---|---|
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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- (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
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ki
JavaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of iki.
DeterminerEdit
ki
- (colloquial) this, these
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese que.
AdverbEdit
ki
KristangEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese que.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ki
LazEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ki
- Latin spelling of ქი (ki)
MaoriEdit
ParticleEdit
ki
Mauritian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
ki
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
ParticleEdit
ki
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”). (This character, ki, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝.) |
MohawkEdit
PronounEdit
ki
Old FrenchEdit
PronounEdit
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
- circa 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
- m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
- 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
PapiamentuEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- kiko (synonym)
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué.
PronounEdit
ki
PhaluraEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
PostpositionEdit
ki (کیۡ)
- as
- of
- out of
- with
ReferencesEdit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- or
ReferencesEdit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 3Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause
ReferencesEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ki m sg
- (obsolete) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
Further readingEdit
Rapa NuiEdit
VerbEdit
ki
RohingyaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Bengali [Term?].
PronounEdit
ki
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
PronounEdit
ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)
SynonymsEdit
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ki
InflectionEdit
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
ki
- Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
VerbEdit
ki
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ki
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ki
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159
TonganEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ki
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ottoman Turkish كه, from Classical Persian که (ke).
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ki
Etymology 2Edit
Reduced form of iki.
NumeralEdit
ki
UnamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ki
- you (second person singular)
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
(classifier con) ki
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
(classifier con) ki
- (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
- ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
Etymology 3Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
(classifier cái) ki
YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
kí
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
See alsoEdit
- (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 2Edit
ParticleEdit
kí
- (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
Usage notesEdit
Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
kí
- (transitive) to greet, to say hello
- (transitive) to visit
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
kì
- (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
- (transitive) to sing the praises of someone
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
ki
- (transitive) to load
- (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container
Etymology 6Edit
VerbEdit
ki
- (intransitive) to be viscous
- to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 7Edit
ParticleEdit
kì
ZouEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kí
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kí
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
kì
ReferencesEdit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63