khi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "khi"

Translingual

Symbol

khi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Khoisan languages.

English

Noun

khi (plural khis)

1. Alternative spelling of chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ), the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
   • 1898, Claude Reignier Conder, The Hittites and Their Language, W. Blackwood and Sons, page 249:

     It is known, from the existence in his time¹ of the Delphic tripod, that all these letters existed in 480 B.C. ; but on that monument the Khi and Psi differ from the forms used later.

   • 1963, Thomas Albert Sebeok, Current Trends in Linguistics, Mouton, page 404:

     The letters upsilon, phi, khi, psi, δ were Greek additions

   • 2006, Jonathan M. Hall, A History of the Archaic Greek World, Blackwell Publishing, page 57:

     Greek scripts display notable local characteristics — principally with regard to the shape of letters but also in the matter of the phonetic values attributed to signs such as san, sigma, khi, and psi.

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /kʰi˧/
• (Xiandao) [xɤ⁵⁵]

Verb

khi

1. to call
   • 2010, “2 Samuel 13:23”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[1], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     [...] Absalom ka hwankti lo jens dvnganh lyis pwe mha khi.

     ...Absalom called over all the king's sons to the festival.

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[2], Payap University, page 55

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈki]

Noun

khi f (plural khis)

1. chi; the Greek letter Χ (lowercase χ)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

khi m (plural khi or khis)

1. chi (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “khi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Mizo

Determiner

khi (ergative and oblique khian)

1. that up there

Pronoun

khi (plural khîng)

1. that up there

See also

Mizo demonstratives

	Pronoun		Determiner
	Singular	Plural	Unmarked	Oblique
Near the speaker	hei, he	hêng	hi	hian
Near the addressee	kha	khâng	kha	khân
Up there	khi	khîng	khi	khian
Down there	khu	khûng	khu	khuan
Far away	saw	sâwng	saw	sâwn
Unseen	chu	chûng	chu	chuan

Note that all pronoun forms of the demonstratives are pronounced with different tones to their determiner counterparts. Oblique forms are pronounced with one tone when used in the ergative, and a different tone in other cases.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong Bi khây.

Often compared to Chinese 期 (MC gi), however, there is a register mismatch.

Adverb

khi • (欺)

1. when

Pronoun

khi • (欺)

1. when

   Synonym: lúc

Derived terms

• đôi khi
• khi ấy
• khi không
• khi nào
• khi và chỉ khi
• mọi khi

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 欺.

Verb

khi

1. to slight, to despise

Derived terms

• khi dễ
• khi quân
• khinh khi

Zou

Etymology 1

Khi.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khrii.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰīː]
• Hyphenation: khi

Noun

khî

1. bead
2. (uncountable) necklace

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰì]
• Hyphenation: khi

Verb

khì (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to chain
2. (transitive) to bind; to tie

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, pages 23, 85
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40