Wiktionary

kui

See also: kuí, kuì, kuī, kuǐ, ku'i, kúi, and kùi

'Are'areEdit

NounEdit

kui

  1. dog

ReferencesEdit

EstonianEdit

ConjunctionEdit

kui

  1. when, as, while
  2. if, whether
  3. than
  4. how
  5. as soon as, just as

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From kuin(ka).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification(key): kui

AdverbEdit

kui

  1. (colloquial) how
  2. (colloquial) why (are you asking)
    Joo muistan... kui?
    Yeah I remember... why?

SynonymsEdit

AnagramsEdit

IngrianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

kui

  1. Alternative form of kuin
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., 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.

ReferencesEdit

  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[1], →ISBN, page 57

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kui

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くい

JavaneseEdit

DeterminerEdit

kui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kuwi.

KarelianEdit

AdverbEdit

kui

  1. how

LivviEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognates include Finnish kui and Ingrian kui.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkui̯/
  • Hyphenation: kui

AdverbEdit

kui

  1. how? (interrogative)
    Kui se sanohes livvikse? ― How is this called in Livvi?
  2. how (relative)
    Se on, kui luadie. ― This is how to do it.
  3. how! (exclamatory)
    Kui olet kaunis! ― How pretty are you!

ConjunctionEdit

kui

  1. (just) like
    Hyö ollah kui lapset. ― They are like children.

ReferencesEdit

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 124

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

kui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kuī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kuí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kuǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of kuì.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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 NynorskEdit

NounEdit

kui f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of ku

TeressaEdit

NounEdit

kui

  1. head

ReferencesEdit

  • 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]

VoticEdit

EtymologyEdit

(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.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
  • Rhymes: -ui̯
  • Hyphenation: kui

AdverbEdit

kui

  1. (interrogative) how?
  2. (relative) how
  3. however, no matter how

ConjunctionEdit

kui

  1. (relative) when
  2. if
  3. than (in comparisons)

ReferencesEdit

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “kui”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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