ke

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Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, virtually the only native word with initial /k/. The dialectal form eke is probably more conservative, which would point to Proto-Basque *eke(e).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ke/ [ke]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ke

Noun[edit]

ke inan

  1. smoke

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "ke" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • ke” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Borôro[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. food
  2. bat

Chuukese[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. you (singular)

Adjective[edit]

ke

  1. you are

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
Singular First person ua use upwe usap upwap ute
Second person ka, ke kose, kese kopwe, kepwe kosap, kesap kopwap, kepwap kote, kete
Third person a ese epwe esap epwap ete
Plural First person aua (exclusive)
sia (inclusive)
ause (exclusive)
sise (inclusive)
aupwe (exclusive)
sipwe (inclusive)
ausap (exclusive)
sisap (inclusive)
aupwap (exclusive)
sipwap (inclusive)
aute (exclusive)
site (inclusive)
Second person oua ouse oupwe ousap oupwap oute
Third person ra, re rese repwe resap repwap rete


Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ke

  1. to
  2. toward, towards

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ke in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ke in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (that).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke

  1. that

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. Abbreviation of keskiviikko.

Anagrams[edit]

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. dream

Verb[edit]

ke

  1. to sleep

Conjugation[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French que (that).

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. (relative, object of relative clause) that
Usage notes[edit]
  • This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2[edit]

From French queue (tail).

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. tail

Etymology 3[edit]

From French que (than).

Preposition[edit]

ke

  1. than
Alternative forms[edit]

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai[edit]

Particle[edit]

ke

  1. (Yavapai) not, negation particle

References[edit]

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Hawaiian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

ke (definite)

  1. the

Usage notes[edit]

  • Modifies words which begin with the letters 'k', 'a', 'e', and 'o'.

Hokkien[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“street; market; fair; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“to add; more”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto ke, from French que, Portuguese que, Spanish que, Italian che.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke

  1. that
    Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.
    I know that you want to help me

Usage notes[edit]

The conjugation can also be used in combination with a preposition to make it a conjugation. See: pro ke, por ke, dum ke, depos ke, and til ke.

Proper noun[edit]

ke (plural ke-i)

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

See also[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkə]
  • Hyphenation:

Preposition[edit]

  1. to
    Semalam aku pergi ke rumah teman.
    Last night I went to a friend’s home.

See also[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shorter, written form of che

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. (informal, often in Internet chat or in SMS messages) who; which; what; that; than

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Kholosi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Postposition[edit]

ke

  1. accusative case marker
  2. dative case marker
    Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay
    Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

References[edit]

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran[1], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Ladino[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. that
  2. indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)

Pronoun[edit]

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. who; that
  2. that; whom

Preposition[edit]

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. than

Malay[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Phonetic spelling of -kah in a Johor-Riau accent.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

  1. (informal) or
    Synonym: atau
    Besar ke kecil?
    Big or small?
    Boleh ke tak?
    Can you do it (or not)?

Suffix[edit]

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

  1. (informal) used on modal verbs, adverbs, verbs and nouns to form questions
    Boleh ke aku pinjam fon kau?
    Can I borrow your phone?
    Selalu ke cikgu tanya soalan macam tu?
    Is it often that the teacher ask questions like that?
    Abang kau dah beli ke PS5 yang dia kata nak beli tu?
    Has your brother bought the PS5 that he said he was going to buy?
    Kau ke yang dapat markah 100% dekat ujian baru-baru ni tu?
    Are you the one that got a score of a 100% for the recent test?
Usage notes[edit]

Note that unlike -kah, ke isn't written conjoined with a preceding word.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ke (Jawi spelling ک)

  1. to
    Antonym: dari
    Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
    Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: ke

Etymology 3[edit]

From English kay.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(plural ke-ke)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.
Synonyms[edit]
  • kaf (Jawi letter name)
  • ke (Indonesian)

See also[edit]

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ke

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .
  5. Nonstandard spelling of kê̄.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Mapudungun[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke (Raguileo spelling)

  1. liver

References[edit]

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Verb[edit]

ke

  1. to sleep

Conjugation[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. (dialectal, Eastern Norway) alternative form of kva (what)

Old French[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

Conjunction[edit]

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ke

  1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ka

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb[edit]

ke

  1. to want, to wish
  2. to love, to like

Romani[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke

  1. because

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

-ke (declinable)

  1. female

Declension[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish que.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ke
  • IPA(key): /ˈke/, [ˈkɛ]

Conjunction[edit]

ke (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ) (colloquial)

  1. even if; whether
    Synonyms: kahit, man, kahiman
    ke gantoeven if this is like this
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly from Mandarin ().

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ke
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeʔ/, [ˈkɛʔ]

Noun[edit]

(Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ) (botany)

  1. kudzu (Pueraria montans var. lobata)

Further reading[edit]

  • ke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tocharian A[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. chance, opportunity

Tocharian B[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to the intensifying suffix -k(ä).

Particle[edit]

ke

  1. intensifying particle

Further reading[edit]

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 201

Tooro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *kéè.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

-ke (declinable)

  1. small, little
    Synonym: -taito
    Antonym: -kooto

Usage notes[edit]

When used in the plural, -ke can mean 'few' or 'small number of', in addition to 'small'. Thus, emiti mike can mean 'small trees' or 'a few trees'.

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • -keeha (to grow small; to contract)

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke

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

See also[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke ()

  1. saliva/drool that flows out when sleeping
    Mồm dính ke kìa.
    You have spit around your mouth.

Xerénte[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ke

  1. honey

References[edit]

  • Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente

Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

ke

  1. quotative particle

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ke”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

  1. to cry; to shout; to scream
    Mo sí ọI cry out to you
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

  1. to cut
    Synonym:
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

  1. (Yagba) Alternative form of
    Ìghọn ọlọ́ṣà gbe arù rẹ̀ rèThe thieves did not steal his luggage

Zulu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɠe/?

Verb[edit]

-ke?

  1. (auxiliary) sometimes, occasionally [+subjunctive]
    Ake akhale.
    Sometimes he cries.
  2. (auxiliary) ever [+past subjunctive]
    Wake wabona ibhubesi?
    Have you ever seen a lion?
Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ke

  1. (that one) dare to, let; indicates threatening [+subjunctive]
    Ke azame-nje!
    Just let him try!

References[edit]