cei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cei"

Fijian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðei/

Pronoun

cei

1. who, whom (what person)

   O cei oqori? O cei li?

   Who's there? Who could that be?

   O cei na nomu koro?

   What is the name of your village?

   (literally, “Who is the name of your village?”)

2. whom (to who) [with vei]

   Vei cei me'u solia?

   Whom should I give it to?

Determiner

cei

1. whose (of whom)

   Nei cei na iyaya oqo?

   Whose belongings are these?

Usage notes

This interrogative pronoun is always preceded by a particle at the beginning of a question, typically o for the subject form, nei for the possessive form or vei for the dative form.

See also

• cava (“what, which, why”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “cei”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 44

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *can¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꍯ (che), Burmese ဆန် (hcan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsʰe³³]

Noun

cei

1. (Yao'an) rice plant, paddy

Mandarin

Romanization

cei

1. nonstandard spelling of cèi

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃej/
• Rhymes: -ej

Determiner

cei

1. masculine plural of cel (nominative and accusative)

Venetan

Adjective

cei m pl

1. masculine plural of ceo

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English key keye (cognate with Breton kae, Cornish kay). Doublet of cae.

Noun

cei m (plural ceiau)

1. quay

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cael (“to have”).

Alternative forms

• caiff (imperative; literary)
• cymer (imperative; colloquial)

Verb

cei

1. inflection of cael:
   1. second-person singular present indicative/future
   2. second-person singular imperative colloquial

Mutation

Mutated forms of cei

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cei	gei	nghei	chei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.