yakni

Choctaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ixakanika.

Noun

yakni (transcription yakní', alienable)

1. the Earth, the world
2. earth, soil, ground
3. country

   Chahta yakni

   Choctaw country

Declension

possessive (alienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	a̱yakni	pi̱yakni	hapi̱yakni
second-person ("thy, your")	chi̱yakni	hachi̱yakni
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̱yakni

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay yaini, yakni, ya`ani, from Classical Malay ينا (iáni), يني (iany), ياءني (ya`ni), يعني (yakni), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʔni/
• Rhymes: -ni, -i
• Hyphenation: yak‧ni

Conjunction

yakni

1. that is, in other words, i.e.

Synonyms

• yaitu, dengan kata lain, ialah

Further reading

• “yakni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.