kui

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

'Are'are

Noun

kui

1. dog

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Estonian

Conjunction

kui

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

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Finnish

Etymology

From kuinka, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku.

Adverb

kui

1. (colloquial) how
2. (colloquial) why

   Joo muistan... kui?

   Yeah I remember... why?

Synonyms

• (how) kuinka, miten
• (why) miksi

Anagrams

• iku-

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Ingrian

Etymology

From kuka (“which”). Akin to Finnish kuin and Estonian kui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/

Adverb

kui

1. how?
2. alike

Conjunction

kui

1. if
2. than

Alternative forms

• kuin

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[1], page 115
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[2], →ISBN, page 57

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Japanese

Romanization

kui

1. Rōmaji transcription of くい

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Javanese

Determiner

kui

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuwi.

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Karelian

Adverb

kui

1. how

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Mandarin

Romanization

kui

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kui f

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

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Teressa

Noun

kui

1. head

References

• Abbi, Anvita; R, Vyaskh (2020) , “Aspects of word formation processes in Luro: The endangered language of the Nicobar Islands”, in Asian Language and Linguistics‎^[3]