ke

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Etymology

Unknown, virtually the only native word with initial /k/. The dialectal form eke is probably more conservative, which would point to Proto-Basque *eke(e).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/ [ke]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -e
Hyphenation: ke

Noun

ke inan

smoke

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ke	kea	keak
ergative	kek	keak	keek
dative	keri	keari	keei
genitive	keren	kearen	keen
comitative	kerekin	kearekin	keekin
causative	kerengatik	kearengatik	keengatik
benefactive	kerentzat	kearentzat	keentzat
instrumental	kez	keaz	keez
inessive	ketan	kean	keetan
locative	ketako	keko	keetako
allative	ketara	kera	keetara
terminative	ketaraino	keraino	keetaraino
directive	ketarantz	kerantz	keetarantz
destinative	ketarako	kerako	keetarako
ablative	ketatik	ketik	keetatik
partitive	kerik	—	—
prolative	ketzat	—	—

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Declension of ke (inanimate, ending in vowel)

Derived terms

ke-adar
ke-laino (“smog”)
kealdi
kebide (“chimney”)
kedar
kedartsu
kedartu
ketan (“smoked”)
ketsu (“smoky”)
ketu (“to fill with smoke”)
keztatu (“to fill with smoke”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰee̥/

Noun

ke

food
bat

Pronoun

ke

you (singular)

Adjective

ke

you are

Synonyms

ka

Related terms

More information Present and past tense, Negative tense ...

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka, ke	kose, kese	kopwe, kepwe	kosap, kesap	kopwap, kepwap	kote, kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First person	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ]
Audio: (file)

Preposition

ke

to
toward, towards

Synonyms

k
ku

Etymology

From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ke

Conjunction

ke

that

Noun

ke

Abbreviation of keskiviikko.

Anagrams

EK

Noun

ke

dream

Verb

ke

to sleep

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
active
	indicative	che aike	nde reike	ha'e oike	ñande jaike	ore roike	peẽ peike	ha'ekuéra oike/oike hikuái
	hortative	taike che	tereike nde	toike ha'e	tajaike ñande	taroike ore	tapeike peẽ	toike ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eike	-	-	-	peike	-
passive
	indicative	che ajeke	nde rejeke	ha'e ojeke	ñande jajeke	ore rojeke	peẽ pejeke	ha'ekuéra ojeke/ojeke hikuái
	hortative	tajeke che	terejeke nde	tojeke ha'e	tajajeke ñande	tarojeke ore	tapejeke peẽ	tojeke ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejeke	-	-	-	pejeke	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajoike	ore rojoike	peẽ pejoike	ha'ekuéra ojoike/ojoike hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajoike ñande	tarojoike ore	tapejoike peẽ	tojoike ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejoike	-
coactive
	indicative	che aimboke	nde reimboke	ha'e oimboke	ñande ñaimboke	ore roimboke	peẽ peimboke	ha'ekuéra oimboke/oimboke hikuái
	hortative	taimboke che	tereimboke nde	toimboke ha'e	tañaimboke ñande	taroimboke ore	tapeimboke peẽ	toimboke ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eimboke	-	-	-	peimboke	-
objective
	indicative	che airoke/aigueroke	nde reiroke/reigueroke	ha'e oiroke/oigueroke	ñande jairoke/jaigueroke	ore roiroke/roigueroke	peẽ peiroke/peigueroke	ha'ekuéra oiroke/oigueroke//oiroke/oigueroke hikuái
	hortative	tairoke/taigueroke che	tereiroke/tereigueroke nde	toiroke/toigueroke ha'e	tajairoke/tajaigueroke ñande	taroiroke/taroigueroke ore	tapeiroke/tapeigueroke peẽ	toiroke/toigueroke ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eiroke/eigueroke	-	-	-	peiroke/peigueroke	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aiporoke/aimba'eke	nde reiporoke/reimba'eke	ha'e oiporoke/oimba'eke	ñande jaiporoke/ñaimba'eke	ore roiporoke/roimba'eke	peẽ peiporoke/peimba'eke	ha'ekuéra oiporoke/oimba'eke//oiporoke/oimba'eke hikuái
	hortative	taiporoke/taimba'eke che	tereiporoke/tereimba'eke nde	toiporoke/toimba'eke ha'e	tajaiporoke/tañaimba'eke ñande	taroiporoke/taroimba'eke ore	tapeiporoke/tapeimba'eke peẽ	toiporoke/toimba'eke ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eiporoke/eimba'eke	-	-	-	peiporoke/peimba'eke	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

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Conjugation of ke

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/

Etymology 1

From French que (“that”).

Pronoun

ke

(relative, object of relative clause) that

Usage notes

This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2

From French queue (“tail”).

Noun

ke

tail

Etymology 3

From French que (“than”).

Preposition

ke

than

Alternative forms

pase

Particle

ke

(Yavapai) not, negation particle

References

Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Alternative forms

ka

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/

Article

ke (definite)

the

Usage notes

Modifies words which begin with the letters 'k', 'a', 'e', and 'o'.

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 街 (“street; market; fair; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 街).

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 加 (“to add; more”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 加).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/, /kɛ/

Etymology 1

From Esperanto ke, from French que, Portuguese que, Spanish que, Italian che.

Conjunction

ke

that
Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.
I know that you want to help me

Usage notes

The conjugation can also be used in combination with a preposition to make it a conjugation. See: pro ke, por ke, dum ke, depos ke, and til ke.

Etymology 2

From k +‎ -e.

Noun

ke (plural ke-i)

The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

Etymology

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka. For the verb sense, due to the dropping of preceding verb pergi (“to go”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkə], (colloquially, sometimes before words starting in consonants) [ˈk]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: kê

Preposition

kê

to
Semalam aku pergi ke rumah teman.
Last night I went to a friend’s home.

Verb

ke

(colloquial) to go
Tadi malam aku ke rumah teman.
Last night I went to a friend’s home.

Etymology

Shorter, written form of che

Pronoun

ke

(informal, often in Internet chat or in SMS messages) who; which; what; that; than

Romanization

ke

The hiragana syllable け (ke) or the katakana syllable ケ (ke) in Hepburn romanization.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition

ke

accusative case marker
dative case marker
Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay
Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

References

Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kéè.

Adjective

-ke

small , little

Conjunction

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

that
indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)

Pronoun

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

who; that
that; whom

Preposition

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

than

Pronuncation

IPA^(key): [kēē]

Noun

ke

back (of body)

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

Etymology 1

Phonetic spelling of -kah in a Johor-Riau accent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkə/ [ˈkə]

Conjunction

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

(informal) or
Synonym: atau

Besar ke kecil?
Big or small?

Boleh ke tak?
Can you do it (or not)?

Suffix

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

(informal) used on modal verbs, adverbs, verbs and nouns to form questions
Boleh ke aku pinjam fon kau?
Can I borrow your phone?

Selalu ke cikgu tanya soalan macam tu?
Is it often that the teacher ask questions like that?

Abang kau dah beli ke PS5 yang dia kata nak beli tu?
Has your brother bought the PS5 that he said he was going to buy?

Kau ke yang dapat markah 100% dekat ujian baru-baru ni tu?
Are you the one that got a score of a 100% for the recent test?

Usage notes

Note that unlike -kah, ke isn't written conjoined with a preceding word.

Etymology 2

From Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkə/ [ˈkə]

Preposition

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

to
Antonym: dari

Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.

Derived terms

kepada

Descendants

Indonesian: ke

Etymology 3

From English kay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/ [ke]

Noun

ké (plural ke-ke)

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Synonyms

kaf (Jawi letter name)
ke (Indonesian)

Romanization

ke

Nonstandard spelling of kē.
Nonstandard spelling of ké.
Nonstandard spelling of kě.
Nonstandard spelling of kè.
Nonstandard spelling of kê̄.

Usage notes

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.

Noun

ke (Raguileo spelling)

liver

References

Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Verb

ke

to sleep

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...

singular			plural
1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
xee ake	ndee ereke	ha'e oke	nhande jake	ore oroke	peẽ peke	ha'e oke

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Conjugation of ke

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛː/

Pronoun

ke

(dialectal, Eastern Norway) alternative form of kva (“what”)

Pronoun

ke

Alternative form of que

Conjunction

ke

Alternative form of que

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
के (Devanagari script)
কে (Bengali script)
කෙ (Sinhalese script)
ကေ or ၵေ (Burmese script)
เก (Thai script)
ᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ເກ (Lao script)
កេ (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄬 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

ke

masculine nominative/accusative plural of ka

Etymology

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb

ke

to want, to wish
to love, to like

Conjunction

ke

because

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Adjective

-ke (declinable)

female

Declension

More information Noun class, singular ...

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class_(I/II)	mke	wake
m-mi class_(III/IV)	mke	mike
ji-ma class_(V/VI)	ke	make
ki-vi class_(VII/VIII)	kike	vike
n class_(IX/X)	ke	ke
u class_(XI)	mke	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
pa class_(XVI)	pake
ku class_(XVII)	kuke
mu class_(XVIII)	muke

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Inflected forms of -ke

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈke/ [ˈkɛ]
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: ke

Conjunction

ke (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ) (colloquial)

even if; whether
Synonyms: kahit, man, kahiman

ke ganto ― even if this is like this

Related terms

Etymology 2

Possibly from Mandarin 葛 (gé).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkeʔ/ [ˈkɛʔ]
Rhymes: -eʔ
Syllabification: ke

Noun

kê (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ) (botany)

kudzu (Pueraria montans var. lobata)

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.

Noun

ke

chance, opportunity

Etymology

Possibly related to the intensifying suffix -k(ä).

Particle

ke

intensifying particle

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kéè.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ke/

Adjective

-ke (declinable)

small, little
Synonym: -taito

Antonym: -kooto

Usage notes

When used in the plural, -ke can mean 'few' or 'small number of', in addition to 'small'. Thus, emiti mike can mean 'small trees' or 'a few trees'.

Declension

More information Noun class, indefinite ...

Noun class	indefinite		definite
Noun class	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	muke	bake	omuke	abake
3/4	muke	mike	omuke	emike
5/6	like	make	erike	amake
7/8	kike	bike	ekike	ebike
9/10	nke	nke	enke	enke
11/10	ruke	nke	oruke	enke
12/14	kake	buke	akake	obuke
13		tuke		otuke
14/6	buke	make	obuke	amake
15/6	kuke	make	okuke	amake
16	hake		ahake

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Inflected forms of -ke

Related terms

-keeha (“to grow small; to contract”)

References

Entry 7984 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 358

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ce/, /ka/

Noun

ke

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]

Noun

ke • (鷄)

saliva/drool that flows out when sleeping
Mồm dính ke kìa.
You have spit around your mouth.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰe/

Noun

ke

honey

References

Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke]

Particle

ke

quotative particle

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ke”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ké/

Verb

ké

to cry; to shout; to scream
Mo ké sí ọ ― I cry out to you

Derived terms

akéwì (“oral poet”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ké/

Verb

ké

to cut
Synonym: gé

Derived terms

àáké (“axe”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kè/

Particle

kè

(Yagba) Alternative form of kò
Ìghọn ọlọ́ṣà kè gbe arù rẹ̀ rè ― The thieves did not steal his luggage

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɠe/^?

Verb

-ke^?

(auxiliary) sometimes, occasionally [with subjunctive]
Ake akhale.
Sometimes he cries.
(auxiliary) ever [with past subjunctive clause]
Wake wabona ibhubesi?
Have you ever seen a lion?

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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɠé/

Conjunction

ke

(that one) dare to, let; indicates threatening [with subjunctive]
Ke azame-nje!
Just let him try!

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ke”
C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ke (3)”

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