ki

See also Appendix:Variations of "ki", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian ki.

Alternative forms

• ti

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kiː/

Noun

ki (countable and uncountable; plural kis)

1. Ti, a plant native to the Pacific islands and China, Cordyline fruticosa

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• chi
• qi

Noun

ki (uncountable)

1. A form of psychic energy.

Anagrams

• ik

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Azeri

Conjunction

ki

1. that

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kū, *kwū (compare Old Irish cú, Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

ki m

1. dog

Inflection

  Mutation of ki  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
singular	ki	gi	c'hi	unchanged	unchanged
plural	[[k{{{3}}}]]	[[g{{{3}}}]]	[[c'h{{{3}}}]]	unchanged	unchanged

Derived terms

• kiez

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• kei
• ky

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kū, *kwū (compare Old Irish cú, Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kiː]

Noun

ki m (plural keun)

1. dog

Derived terms

• morgi

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Dena'ina

Adverb

ki

1. again, too, more
2. furthermore, moreover

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French qui

Determiner

ki

1. what

Pronoun

ki

1. (relative) who,which

Usage notes

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈki/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

ki

1. out

Pronoun

ki (interrogative)

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

declension of ki 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

possessives of ki possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. kim kijeim 2nd person sing. kid kijeid 3rd person sing. kije kijei 1st person plural kink kijeink 2nd person plural kitek kijeitek 3rd person plural kijük kijeik

Derived terms

• akárki
• bárki
• kicsoda
• mindenki
• senki

See also

• ki korán kel, aranyat lel
• ki mint vet, úgy arat

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Japanese

Romanization

ki

1. See き
2. See キ

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Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Noun

ki

1. moon

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Maori

Particle

ki

1. to, toward.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French qui.

Pronoun

ki

1. (relative) who
2. (relative) what

Derived terms

• kifer

See also

• kisann-la

Etymology 2

From French que.

Particle

ki

1. than
2. that

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Old French

Pronoun

ki

1. Alternative form of qui.

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Rapa Nui

Verb

ki

1. say
2. look

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Pronoun

ki

1. what

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ki

1. (Kajkavian) (relative) which, that, who

Synonyms

• koji

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ki/
• Tonal: ki

Pronoun

ki

1. who, which, that (relative)

Declension

This Slovene pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

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Swahili

Prefix

ki

1. (noun class marker) A noun class denoting "things". Also called kitu class, it includes inanimate things such as language names, as well as diminutives and nouns of physical defect. Plurals are in the vitu class, together simply called ki-vi.

   Kiswahili — Swahili language

   Kiingereza — English language

   kitoto — baby (a diminutive)

   kilema — a crippled person (one with a physical defect)

-ki-

1. (conditional prefix or infix) when, if

   nikinunua (ni- -ki- -nunua) — if I buy

Verb

ki

1. it is

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Tongan

Preposition

ki

1. to (in the dative sense)

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ci/

Conjunction

ki

1. that