kimi

• IPA^(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]

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From Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, example, image”).^[1] Not cognate with kim (“who”). Cognate with Turkish gibi.

• kibi (archaic), kimin (dialectal), kimik (dialectal)

kimi

1. (used after present participle) as soon as

   Evə çatan kimi xəbər ver.

   Let me know as soon as you get home.

   • 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər‎^[1], Baku: Şərq-Qərb, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:

     Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.

     As soon as the woman said what she had to say, she disappeared.

     (literally, “As soon as the woman said her word, she disappeared.”)

kimi

1. like
   1. similar to, reminiscent of

      O mənə ikinci ata kimi idi

      He was like a second father to me.

      Yer üzündə sizin kimi ikincisi yoxdur

      There is no one like you in the world.

      Pul qonaq kimidir. Bu gün var, sabah yoxdur.

      Money is like a guest. Today it's there, tomorrow it's gone.

   2. in the manner of, similarly to

      O prezident kimi davranmır.

      He doesn't act like a president.

   3. such as

      Bu Vikipediya kimi saytlar üçündür.

      This is for websites like Wikipedia.

      və bu kimi şeylər ― and things such as this

2. until, till, to [(optionally) with ta and dative]

   Synonyms: qədər, -cən, -dək

   küçənin ta axırına kimi getmək ― to walk all the way to the end of the street.

   qədim vaxtından ta bu günə kimi ― ever since ancient times and up to this day

kimi

1. singular locative of kim (“who”)

   Kimi gördün, kiminlə görüşdün?

   Whom did you see, whom did you meet?

kimi m (genitive singular kima, nominative plural kimar)

1. corner, nook

• “kimi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

kimi

1. (Banawá) corn

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

kimi

1. Rōmaji transcription of きみ

kimi

1. first person inclusive remote plural; all of us, not including you

Like other remote plural pronouns, kimi is rare. It is used to refer to the speaker and a large group of people who are not present, but not the person the speaker is talking to.

Inherited from Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.

kimi m

1. worm

• IPA^(key): [cimi]

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• Hyphenation: ki‧mi

kimi (not comparable)

1. some; an unspecified quantity or number of.

kimi

1. definite accusative singular of kim

• bazı
• birtakım

kimi

1. whom (accusative)

kimí

1. cockroach