ki-

See also Appendix:Variations of "ki"

Esperanto

Etymology

From interrogative and relative pronouns of European languages, such as French (qui, que, quoi, quel, quand, comment, combien), Italian (che), Russian (кто, как, какой, куда, когда)

Prefix

ki-

1. wh-, what. (Interrogative/relative correlative prefix.)

Derived terms

• kiu (“which one, who, which/what (with a noun)”)
• kio (“what (without a noun)”)
• kia (“what kind of, what a ...!”)
• kies (“whose”)
• kiel (“how, to what degree”)
• kie (“where”)
• kiam (“when”)
• kiom (“how much”)
• kial (“why”)

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Haitian Creole

Prefix

ki-

1. what, which (interrogative prefix)

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Hungarian

Prefix

ki-

1. A verb prefix indicating actions with outward direction or actions aiming fulfillment.

   megy (“to go”) → kimegy (“to exit”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian words prefixed with ki-

References

• Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

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Swahili

Prefix

ki-

1. (noun class prefix) 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. The plural is noun class 8, or vitu class.

   Kiswahili — Swahili language

   Kiingereza — English language

   kitoto — baby (diminutive of mtoto))

   kilema — a crippled person (physical defect)

Prefix

-ki-

1. (verb prefix, conditional) when, if

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