kui
'Are'are edit
Noun edit
kui
References edit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Estonian edit
Conjunction edit
kui
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From kuin(ka).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
kui (colloquial)
Synonyms edit
- (how) kuinka, miten
- (why) kuinka niin
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
- Rhymes: -ui̯
- Hyphenation: kui
Adverb edit
kui
- Alternative form of kuin
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.
- I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, like we were blind, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.
References edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kui
Javanese edit
Determiner edit
kui
- Nonstandard spelling of kuwi.
Karelian edit
Adverb edit
kui
Koho edit
Verb edit
kui
References edit
- Paul J. Sidwell, Proto South Bahnaric: A Reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer Language of Indo-China (2000)
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognates include Finnish kui and Ingrian kui.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
kui
- how? (interrogative)
- Kui se sanohes livvikse? ― How is this called in Livvi?
- how (relative)
- Se on, kui luadie. ― This is how to do it.
- how! (exclamatory)
- Kui olet kaunis! ― How pretty are you!
Conjunction edit
kui
- (just) like
- Hyö ollah kui lapset. ― They are like children.
References edit
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 124
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
kui
- Nonstandard spelling of kuī.
- Nonstandard spelling of kuí.
- Nonstandard spelling of kuǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of kuì.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
kui f
Teressa edit
Noun edit
kui
References edit
- Abbi, Anvita, R, Vyaskh (2020) “Aspects of word formation processes in Luro: The endangered language of the Nicobar Islands”, in Asian Language and Linguistics[2]
Votic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish kuin, Ingrian kui and Estonian kui.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
kui
Conjunction edit
kui
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kui”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn