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ki

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.

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Cordyline fruticosa

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.

Translations

plant

Czech: dračinka křovitá

Etymology 2

Noun

ki (plural kis)

Alternative form of key (a kilogram)
- 2005, Dave Courtney, Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 113:
  And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.'
- 2006, Graham Johnson, Druglord: Guns, Powder and Pay-Offs, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 93:
  But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.
- 2012, Kim K., Rise of an American Gangstress, Bellport, N.Y.: Melodrama Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
  Hopefully, she would be able to save up just enough to buy her own half a ki of coke. And from there, the sky would be the limit.

Etymology 3

Noun

ki (uncountable)

(UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”)
- 1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, volumes 34-35, page 217:
  At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.

Etymology 4

From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiː/

Noun

ki (uncountable)

(philosophy) Alternative form of chi
- 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art, page 19:
  If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.

Related terms

reiki

Anagrams

ik, Ik, IK

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Noun

ki

Alternative form of aki

References

Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 40

Noun

ki

bone

Etymology

From Classical Persian (kē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ci]
(Karabakh) IPA^(key): [cin]
Audio: (file)

Conjunction

ki

that
Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.
I know that this is right.

O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.
He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.
to, in order to, so that
Mən oraya getmişdim ki, lazım olanları alım.
I went there to buy whatever was needed.

Onlar onu evə göndərdilər ki, heç kim onu görməsin.
They sent him home so that nobody would see him.

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈki/ [ˈki]

Preposition

ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)

(formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
An kantang ini, para ki papa.
This song's for (my) father.

Yaon ki ate an selpon mo.
Your sister has your cellphone.
(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.
We just ate breakfast.
(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
The cat ate a fish.

Synonyms

(used to mark oblique cases): kay
(indirect or object marker): nin, -ng

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle Breton ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

ki m (plural chas or kon)

dog
Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
The dog is sleeping here.

Derived terms

aourgi
kiez

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...

Mutation of ki
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	ki	gi	c'hi	unchanged
plural	kon	gon	c'hon	unchanged

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Alternative forms

kei
ky

Etymology

From Old Cornish ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kiː]

Noun

ki m (plural keun)

dog

Derived terms

morgi

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...

Mutation of ki
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
ki	gi	hi	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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Adverb

ki

again, too, more
furthermore, moreover

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe aki

Noun

ki inan

earth

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177

Preposition

ki

to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)
at (used for locations)

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation^(key): ki

Noun

ki

chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

Declension

When pronounced /kiː/:

More information nominative, genitive ...

Inflection of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		ki	kit
genitive		kin	kiden kitten
partitive		kitä	kitä
illative		kiin	kihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ki	kit
accusative	nom.	ki	kit
accusative	gen.	kin	kit
genitive		kin	kiden kitten
partitive		kitä	kitä
inessive		kissä	kissä
elative		kistä	kistä
illative		kiin	kihin
adessive		killä	killä
ablative		kiltä	kiltä
allative		kille	kille
essive		kinä	kinä
translative		kiksi	kiksi
abessive		kittä	kittä
instructive		—	kin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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Possessive forms of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kini	kini
accusative	nom.	kini	kini
accusative	gen.	kini	kini
genitive		kini	kideni kitteni
partitive		kitäni	kitäni
inessive		kissäni	kissäni
elative		kistäni	kistäni
illative		kiini	kihini
adessive		killäni	killäni
ablative		kiltäni	kiltäni
allative		killeni	killeni
essive		kinäni	kinäni
translative		kikseni	kikseni
abessive		kittäni	kittäni
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kisi	kisi
accusative	nom.	kisi	kisi
accusative	gen.	kisi	kisi
genitive		kisi	kidesi kittesi
partitive		kitäsi	kitäsi
inessive		kissäsi	kissäsi
elative		kistäsi	kistäsi
illative		kiisi	kihisi
adessive		killäsi	killäsi
ablative		kiltäsi	kiltäsi
allative		killesi	killesi
essive		kinäsi	kinäsi
translative		kiksesi	kiksesi
abessive		kittäsi	kittäsi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kimme	kimme
accusative	nom.	kimme	kimme
accusative	gen.	kimme	kimme
genitive		kimme	kidemme kittemme
partitive		kitämme	kitämme
inessive		kissämme	kissämme
elative		kistämme	kistämme
illative		kiimme	kihimme
adessive		killämme	killämme
ablative		kiltämme	kiltämme
allative		killemme	killemme
essive		kinämme	kinämme
translative		kiksemme	kiksemme
abessive		kittämme	kittämme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kinne	kinne
accusative	nom.	kinne	kinne
accusative	gen.	kinne	kinne
genitive		kinne	kidenne kittenne
partitive		kitänne	kitänne
inessive		kissänne	kissänne
elative		kistänne	kistänne
illative		kiinne	kihinne
adessive		killänne	killänne
ablative		kiltänne	kiltänne
allative		killenne	killenne
essive		kinänne	kinänne
translative		kiksenne	kiksenne
abessive		kittänne	kittänne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kinsä	kinsä
accusative	nom.	kinsä	kinsä
accusative	gen.	kinsä	kinsä
genitive		kinsä	kidensä kittensä
partitive		kitään kitänsä	kitään kitänsä
inessive		kissään kissänsä	kissään kissänsä
elative		kistään kistänsä	kistään kistänsä
illative		kiinsä	kihinsä
adessive		killään killänsä	killään killänsä
ablative		kiltään kiltänsä	kiltään kiltänsä
allative		killeen killensä	killeen killensä
essive		kinään kinänsä	kinään kinänsä
translative		kikseen kiksensä	kikseen kiksensä
abessive		kittään kittänsä	kittään kittänsä
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kineen kinensä

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Suffix

ki

Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Article

ki

(definite) the (when it follows the noun)
Lekki ki ― the tree

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Determiner

ki

(used in indicating something)
Ki lekki ― this/that tree

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Pronoun

ki

who

Etymology

From French qui.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Determiner

ki

what

Pronoun

ki

(relative) who, which

Usage notes

This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.

For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈki]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ki

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
Antonym: be

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

Compound words

ki-be
kifelé

Etymology 2

More information Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions), ed ...

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*	v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c₁ c₂
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »*

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From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.

Pronoun

ki

(interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
(relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
- 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre, stanza 2:
  Gondoljatok arra, kit messze rejtek / rejt tőletek, ki ha kóstolja bortok / nem érzi már ízét sem; és ha szóltok / nem érti, s más összhang mit vágya kerget.
  (literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.
(relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (“who”, whoever, he/she who, they who)
ki korán kel, aranyat lel ― the early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)
(paired) some (referring to people)
Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.

ed Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question		this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
question		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik	ez	az	u u	mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy (an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy (an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy (an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	semennyi	amennyi	v	a b	–
wh. extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
: Mindeddig/-addig* mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

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More information Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony), singular ...

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ki	kik
accusative	kit	kiket
dative	kinek	kiknek
instrumental	kivel	kikkel
causal-final	kiért	kikért
translative	kivé	kikké
terminative	kiig	kikig
essive-formal	kiként	kikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kiben	kikben
superessive	kin	kiken
adessive	kinél	kiknél
illative	kibe	kikbe
sublative	kire	kikre
allative	kihez	kikhez
elative	kiből	kikből
delative	kiről	kikről
ablative	kitől	kiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kié	kiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kiéi	kikéi

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Possessive forms of ki
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kim	kijeim (or kiim)
2nd person sing.	kid	kijeid (or kiid)
3rd person sing.	kije	kijei (or kii)
1st person plural	kink	kijeink (or kiink)
2nd person plural	kitek	kijeitek (or kiitek)
3rd person plural	kijük	kijeik (or kiik)

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Derived terms

Compound words

Expressions

Etymology

From Dutch quu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/, [ki]

Noun

ki (plural ki-ki)

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Synonyms

kiu (Standard Malay)

Romanization

ki

The hiragana syllable き (ki) or the katakana syllable キ (ki) in Hepburn romanization.

Etymology

Clipping of iki.

Determiner

ki

(colloquial) this, these

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronoun

ki

that
which

Conjunction

ki

than

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Pronoun

ki

(interrogative) what (what thing)
(relative) that; which

Conjunction

ki

Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

Particle

ki

to, toward.

Derived terms

ki waho - out, outside

Etymology 1

From French qui.

Pronoun

ki

(relative) who
(relative) what

Derived terms

kifer

Etymology 2

From French que.

Particle

ki

than
that

Pronoun

ki

this

Pronoun

ki

Alternative spelling of qui
- 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:
  ki trop i prent son tens i pert
  He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
  m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
  Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver
- 10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page CCLVIII :
  Cil sunt vassal ki les oz ajusterent.
  Great was the courage of the ones who joined these two armies in battle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kiː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Katuic *kii (“that”). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (“that, then, there”), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).

Determiner

ki

(Pahi Tamprin) that/those
Synonym: cốh

ingay ki ― that day

Particle

ki

(Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".
Synonym: cốh

Along ngcốh ki két.
That tree is small.
(literally, “As for that tree, [it's] small.”)

Adverb

ki

(Pahi Tamprin) so; then
Synonym: cốh

Ki ngai pôq tốq vel.
Then they went to village.

Derived terms

aki
iki
ngki

Etymology 2

From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (“horn”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (“horn”) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (“thorn”)).

Noun

ki

rhinoceros horn

Alternative forms

kiko (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué and Kabuverdianu ki.

Pronoun

ki

what

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Postposition

ki (کیۡ)

as
of
out of
with

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

or

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈki/

(Masovia):
- (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈki/

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ki
Homophone: -ki

Pronoun

ki m sg

(obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
Synonyms: jaki, który

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	ki		ka	kie	cy	kie
genitive	kiego		kiej	kiego	kich
dative	kiemu		kiej	kiemu	kim
accusative	kiego	ki	ką	kie	kich	kie
instrumental	kim		ką	kim	kimi
locative	kim		kiej	kim	kich

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Declension of ki (velar)

Verb

ki

say
look

Pronoun

ki

what

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronoun

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

(Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who
Synonym: koji

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Pronoun

ki

who, which, that (relative)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Romanization

ki

Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

Contraction

ki

Shortened form of kai (“wood, tree”)

Usage notes

Commonly used as prefix for names of trees and plants, esp. for those of large trees, e.g. ki ajag, ki beusi, kiara, etc.^[1]

References

[1]
'KI' in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Verb

ki

it is

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (ki).

Pronoun

ki

who

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (ki).

Pronoun

ki

who

Etymology

From English key.

Noun

ki

key

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ki]
Hyphenation: ki

Preposition

ki

towards, to, into, onto
Marks the direct object of some verbs.

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki/

Preposition

ki

to (in the dative sense)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ci/

Conjunction

ki

(+ optative or imperative) so that, so
Yaptım ki gidesin.
I did it so that you would (be able to) go.

Yaptım ki gitsin.
I did it so that they would (be able to) go.
that
Seni öpersem biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.
If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.
anyways
Neden ondan korkuyorsun? Yapmaz ki o bir bok.
Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anways.

Usage notes

With sense 1, the optative is used for all persons with the exception of the third person singular, which takes the imperative form instead.
With sense 2, it also possible to use this sentence structure
- Seni öpersem, sana âşık olacağımı biliyorum.
  If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.

Etymology 2

Reduced form of iki.

Numeral

ki

two (short form of iki)
bir-ki-üç-dört
one-two-three-four

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ki]

Pronoun

ki

you (second person singular)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From French quille.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

(bowling) a pin

Etymology 2

From English Henry Kissinger.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

(colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog

Etymology 3

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

Noun

(classifier cái) ki

a dustpan
Synonym: đồ hốt rác

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /kí/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /kī/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /kì/

Etymology 1

Noun

kí

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

Etymology 2

Particle

kí

(subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.

Usage notes

Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.

Etymology 3

Verb

kí

(transitive) to greet, to say hello
(transitive) to visit

Etymology 4

Verb

kì

(transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
(transitive) to sing the praises of someone

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

ki

(transitive) to load
(transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

Etymology 6

Verb

ki

(intransitive) to be viscous
to be thick (relating to stew or soup)

Derived terms

ìki, kíki, òṣùwọ̀n-ìki

Etymology 7

Particle

kì

Alternative form of kò (“not”) (used before í)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.

Alternative forms

eki

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki˧˥/

Noun

kí

horn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki˧˥/

Noun

kí

parrot

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki˧˩/

Adjective

kì

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

[1] [1]
'KI' in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij.

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