kien

See also: kiến and Kiên

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kien

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

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Esperanto

Etymology

kie +‎ -n

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kien

1. whither, to where (interrogative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kien can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kien ajn thus means "(to) wherever" or "whitherever".

Related terms

• tien
• ien
• ĉien
• nenien

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Javanese

Determiner

kien

1. (Cirebon) this, these

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).

Verb

kien (imperfect ikun)

1. to be

Usage notes

• When used as an independent verb, the imperfect form of kien has the sense of the future: Inkun miljunarju. – “I will be a millionaire.” The present tense is expressed by the subject pronouns without a verb: Jien miljunarju. – “I am a millionaire.”
• As a subordinate verb, the imperfect of kien is used in the normal fashion: Irrid inkun miljunarju. – “I want to be a millionaire.” The same is true of the perfect: Kont miljunarju. — “I was a millionaire.”

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Middle English

Noun

kien

1. Alternative form of kyne

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Volapük

Noun

kien (nominative plural kiens)

1. knee

Declension

declension of kien

	singular	plural
nominative	kien	kiens
genitive	kiena	kienas
dative	kiene	kienes
accusative	kieni	kienis
vocative 1	o kien!	o kiens!
predicative 2	kienu	kienus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only