ke

See also: Ke and Appendix:Variations of "ke"

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/, [ke̞]

Noun

ke inan

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of ke (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ke	kea	keak
ergative	kek	keak	keek
dative	keri	keari	keei
genitive	keren	kearen	keen
comitative	kerekin	kearekin	keekin
causative	kerengatik	kearengatik	keengatik
benefactive	kerentzat	kearentzat	keentzat
instrumental	kez	keaz	keez
inessive	ketan	kean	keetan
locative	ketako	keko	keetako
allative	ketara	kera	keetara
terminative	ketaraino	keraino	keetaraino
directive	ketarantz	kerantz	keetarantz
destinative	ketarako	kerako	keetarako
ablative	ketatik	ketik	keetatik
partitive	kerik	—	—
prolative	ketzat	—	—

Derived terms

• ketsu

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰee̥/

Noun

ke

1. food
2. bat

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Chuukese

Pronoun

ke

1. you (singular)

Adjective

ke

1. you are

Synonyms

• ka

Related terms

		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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ]

• Audio

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Preposition

ke

1. to
2. toward, towards

Synonyms

• k
• ku

Further reading

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ke

Conjunction

ke

1. that

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Finnish

Noun

ke

1. Abbreviation of keskiviikko.

Anagrams

• EK

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Guaraní

Noun

ke

1. dream

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Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French que (“that”).

Pronoun

ke

1. (relative, object of relative clause) that

Usage notes

• This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2

From French queue (“tail”)

Noun

ke

1. tail

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Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Particle

ke

1. (Yavapai) not, negation particle

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

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Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• ka

Article

ke (definite)

1. the

Usage notes

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

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Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/, /kɛ/

Conjunction

ke

1. that

   Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.

   I know that you want to help me

Proper noun

ke (plural ke-i)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkə]
• Hyphenation: kê

Preposition

kê

1. to

   Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman.

   Yesterday I went to a friend’s home.

See also

• dari

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Italian

Etymology

Shorter, written form of che

Pronoun

ke

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

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Japanese

Romanization

ke

1. Rōmaji transcription of け
2. Rōmaji transcription of ケ

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Kholosi

Etymology

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

Postposition

ke

1. accusative case marker
2. dative case marker

   Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay

   Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

References

• 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

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Ladino

Conjunction

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה‎)

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

Pronoun

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה‎)

1. who; that
2. that; whom

Preposition

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה‎)

1. than

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Malay

Etymology 1

Shortened form of kah.

Conjunction

ke

1. (informal) or

   Besar ke kecil?

   Big or small?

   Boleh ke tak?

   Can you do it (or not)?

Synonyms

• atau (formal)
• ka (dialectal)

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

ke

1. to

   Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.

   Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.

Derived terms

• kepada

Descendants

• Indonesian: ke

Antonyms

• dari

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Mandarin

Romanization

ke

1. Nonstandard spelling of kē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ké.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of kè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mapudungun

Noun

ke (Raguileo spelling)

1. liver

References

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

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 街 (“street; market; fair; etc.”). (This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 街.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 加 (“to add; more”). (This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 加.)

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Old French

Pronoun

ke

1. Alternative form of que

Conjunction

ke

1. Alternative form of que

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• के (Devanagari script)
• কে (Bengali script)
• කෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ကေ or ၵေ (Burmese script)
• เก (Thai script)
• ᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເກ (Lao script)
• កេ (Khmer script)

Pronoun

ke

1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ka

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb

ke

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

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Romani

Conjunction

ke

1. because

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

-ke (declinable)

1. female

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ke

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mke	wake
M-mi class	mke	mike
Ma class	ke	make
Ki-vi class	kike	vike
N class	ke	ke
U class	mke	ke
Pa class	pake	pake
Ku class	kuke	kuke
Mu class	muke	muke

Coordinate terms

• -ume

Derived terms

• mke

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Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.

Noun

ke

1. chance, opportunity

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ce/, /ka/

Noun

ke

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˧]

Noun

ke

1. saliva/drool that flows out when sleeping

   Mồm dính ke kìa.

   You have spit around your mouth.

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Xerénte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰe/

Noun

ke

1. honey

References

• Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente

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Zulu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɠe/^?

Verb

-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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɠé/

Conjunction

ke

1. (that one) dare to, let; indicates threatening [+subjunctive]

   Ke azame-nje!

   Just let him try!

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ke”
• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ke”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ke (3)”