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Translingual

Symbol

ki

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

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

Pronunciation

Noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ki (uncountable)

  1. (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 3

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

Noun

ki (uncountable)

  1. (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.

Anagrams

Abenaki

Noun

ki

  1. Alternative form of aki

References

Aimele

Noun

ki

  1. bone

Further reading

  • R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian که (ke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ki]
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  • Audio:(file)

Conjunction

ki

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Preposition

ki

  1. (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    An kantang ini, para ki papa.
    This song is for (my) father.
    Synonym: kay
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
    Synonym: nin

Derived terms

See also

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

ki m (plural chas or kon)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ki m (plural keun)

  1. dog

Mutation

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

Derived terms

Dena'ina

Adverb

ki

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

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe aki

Noun

ki inan

  1. earth

References

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

Fijian

Preposition

ki

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

Fula

Suffix

ki

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

Usage notes

Article

ki

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

Usage notes

Determiner

ki

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

Usage notes

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Pronoun

ki

  1. who

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French qui.

Determiner

ki

  1. what

Pronoun

ki

  1. (relative) who, which

Usage notes

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric.

Adverb

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

  1. out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
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

Etymology 2

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case 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 »

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

Pronoun

ki

  1. (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
  2. (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
    • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre,[1] 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.
  3. (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”)
  4. (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
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 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 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.
Declension
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
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)
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions

Further reading

  • (who): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (out): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

ki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of き
  2. Rōmaji transcription of キ

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of iki.

Determiner

ki

  1. (colloquial) this, these

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Adverb

ki

  1. than
  2. that
  3. which

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Noun

ki

  1. moon

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ki

  1. (interrogative) what (what thing)
  2. (relative) that; which

Laz

Conjunction

ki

  1. Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

Maori

Particle

ki

  1. to, toward.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French qui.

Pronoun

ki

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

See also

Etymology 2

From French que.

Particle

ki

  1. than
  2. that

Min Nan

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

Mohawk

Pronoun

ki

  1. this

Old French

Pronoun

ki

  1. 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
    • circa 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

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué.

Pronoun

ki

  1. what

Phalura

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Postposition

ki (کیۡ)

  1. as
  2. of
  3. out of
  4. with

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[2], 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

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. or

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], 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

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Rapa Nui

Verb

ki

  1. say
  2. look

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Pronoun

ki

  1. what

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

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

Synonyms

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ki

  1. who, which, that (relative)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Sumerian

Romanization

ki

  1. Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

ki

  1. it is

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English key.

Noun

ki

  1. key

Tokelauan

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): /ˈki/
  • Hyphenation: ki

Preposition

ki

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

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

Tongan

Pronunciation

Preposition

ki

  1. to (in the dative sense)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish كه, from Classical Persian که (ke).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ki

  1. that

Etymology 2

Reduced form of iki.

Numeral

ki

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

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ki

  1. you (second person singular)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French quille.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (bowling) a pin

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (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

  1. a dustpan

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

kí

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

See also

Etymology 2

Particle

kí

  1. (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

  1. (transitive) to greet, to say hello
  2. (transitive) to visit

Etymology 4

Verb

ki

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

Etymology 5

Verb

ki

  1. (transitive) to load
  2. (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

Etymology 6

Verb

ki

  1. (intransitive) to be viscous
  2. to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Particle

kì

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

Zou

Etymology 1

Ki (1).

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

kí

  1. horn

Etymology 2

Ki (2).

Pronunciation

Noun

kí

  1. parrot

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

kì

  1. scared
  2. disgusted

References

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