ksi

See also: KSI, ksí, ksĭ, -ksi, and -ksi-

Translingual

Symbol

ksi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Krisa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Krisa terms

English

Noun

ksi

1. (materials science) Abbreviation of kilopound per square inch.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ksi f (plural ksis)

1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ (lowercase ξ)

French

Alternative forms

• xi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

ksi m (invariable)

1. xi (Greek letter)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ski

Khasi

Ksi

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian [Term?], from Proto-Austroasiatic *ciʔ (“louse”). Cognate with Khmer ចៃ (cay), Vietnamese chí/chấy, Bahnar si.

Noun

ksi f

1. head louse

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎^[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 49. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξῖ (xî), from Phoenician 𐤎 (s‬).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈksi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ksi

Noun

ksi n (indeclinable)

1. xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ)

Further reading

• “ksi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• ysi, csi, cti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [çsɪ]

Verb

ksi (verbal noun takessit or tikessi, Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵙⵉ) (transitive)

1. to lift, to pick up
2. to take
3. to bring [with d]

Conjugation

Conjugation of ksi

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yeksin yeksin yeksin ikessin ikessin singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m ksiɣ teksid yeksi neksi teksim ksin f teksi teksint ksint perfective m ksiɣ teksid yeksi neksi teksim ksin f teksi teksint ksint negative perfective m ksiɣ teksid yeksi neksi teksim ksin f teksi teksint ksint imperfective m kessiɣ tkessid ikessi nkessi tkessim kessin f tkessi tkessint kessint negative imperfective m kessiɣ tkessid ikessi nkessi tkessim kessin f tkessi tkessint kessint aorist imperative m ksi ksim, ksit f ksint imperfective imperative m kessi kessim, kessit f kessint injunctive m neksit f neksint

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Unami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Particle

ksi

1. please (for making a polite request)

   Ksi mili ahpon.

   Please give me some bread.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ksi”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project