kī

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

Adverb

kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. (interrogative) how?

   𒆠 𒈠𒍢 [kī maṣi?] ― ki ma-ṣi ― how many/how much?

   𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠

   [kī ana ṣērīya lā tallakam]

   ki-i a-na ṣe₂-ri-ia la ta-al-la-ka-am

   how does it happen that you're not coming to me?

   𒆠𒄿 𒄩𒉈 [kī ḫabil!] ― ki-i ha-bil ― How has he been wronged! (= What a pity!)

Alternative forms

• kē, akī, akē

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒆠𒄿 (ki-i) 𒆠 (ki) 𒆠𒂊 (ke-e) 𒀀𒆠𒂊 (a-ke-e) 𒀀𒆠𒄿 (a-ki-i)

Preposition

kī (from Old Akkadian on)

1. as, like, in the manner of, according to

Alternative forms

• kē, akī, akē

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒆠 (ki) 𒆠𒄿 (ki-i)

References

• “kî”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “kī”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Hawaiian

kī (1)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/, [ˈtiː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tii (“ti plant”), from Proto-Oceanic *jiʀi (“ti plant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siʀi (“shrub of the genus Cordyline or Dracaena”).

Noun

kī

1. ti (Cordyline fruticosa)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tii (“throw; spurt”).

Verb

kī(transitive)

1. to shoot
2. to aim
3. to squirt
4. to blow from the mouth, to spit
5. (Kauaʻi) to travel fast, to hurry

Derived terms

• hoʻokī (causative form)
• kikī (“flow swiftly”)
• kīkī (reduplicated form)

Etymology 3

From English key.

Noun

kī

1. key

Etymology 4

From English tea.

Noun

kī

1. tea

Further reading

• kī in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Japanese

Romanization

kī

1. Rōmaji transcription of キー

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki³³/

Verb

kī

1. (Patsho) live
2. (Patsho) state of having something

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *küü.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/, [ˈkiː]

Noun

kī

1. grass snake, Natrix natrix

   Synonym: vie’dūška

Declension

Declension of kī (12)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kī	kīd
genitive (genitīv)	kī	kīd
partitive (partitīv)	kīdõ	kīḑi
dative (datīv)	kīn	kīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kīkõks	kīdkõks
illative (illatīv)	kī’zõ	kī’ži
inessive (inesīv)	kīsõ	kīši
elative (elatīv)	kīstõ	kīšti

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kī”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/ [ˈkiː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui kī, Hawaiian ʻī, Tahitian i.

Verb

kī

1. to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate

Noun

kī

1. saying, word

Etymology 2

Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.

Noun

kī

1. (stative) to be full

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English key.

Noun

kī

1. key

Verb

kī

1. to lock
2. (stative) to be locked

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

kī

1. grass