ky

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ka-ei, based on a pronominal element *ka and a demonstrative (see ai).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

Determiner

ky m

1. this

   Ky është libri im. — Ky libër është i imi.

   This is my book. — This book is mine.

References

Alternative forms

• (Standard Written Form) ki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiː], [kəi]

Noun

ky m (plural keun)

1. (Standard Cornish) dog

Mutation

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ky

Noun

 m f

1. other, another [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

More information masculine, feminine ...

Declension of ky

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	—
dual	, ky	, kt, kty
plural	, , , kjwj, kwj, kw	kt

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¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

By the end of Old Egyptian, the feminine plural fell out of use and the masculine plural became a general plural.

When ky stands alone rather than in apposition, it has a different plural form, kt-ḫt or kt-ḫj . In Late Egyptian this becomes a new general plural form, kt-ḫw .

Noun

 m

1. a kind of monkey

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 110.4, 110.7–112.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 285
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64.
• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 98, page 78
• Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 61

Noun

ky

1. Alternative form of Ky (“(initialism of) kommandiittiyhtiö”)

Anagrams

• YK

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲʰ/

Letter

ky (upper case Ky)

1. A letter of the Hupa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɯ̄ɯ̄]

Verb

ky

1. to dry up

References

• Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎, volume 3, number 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲ/

Letter

ky (uppercase Ky)

1. A letter of the Mam alphabet.

Noun

ky

1. Alternative form of kie