kui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kui"

Translingual

Symbol

kui

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kuikúro terms

'Are'are

Noun

kui

1. dog

References

• Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Hyphenation: kui

Conjunction

kui

1. as, like

   Synonym: nagu

   Mees oli tugev kui karu.

   The man was as strong as a bear.

   Sinu isa kui tohter peaks seda teadma.

   Your father, as a doctor, should know this.

2. than

   Jaak on pikem kui Peeter.

   Jaak is taller than Peeter.

   Ülesanne osutus raskemaks, kui oletasime.

   The task turned out harder than we had assumed.

3. Forms certain emphatic phrases.

   iga viimane kui ― every last

   samahästi kui ― as good as

   mitte kui miski ― nothing

4. when, once

   Kui lapsed olid söönud, läksid nad õue.

   Once the children had eaten, they went outside.

5. if

   Kui säärane olukord edasi kestab, on meie lugu väga halb.

   If such a situation continues, we'll have a very bad time.

Derived terms

• enne kui
• juhul kui
• just kui
• justkui
• kole kui öö
• kui et
• kui juba, siis juba
• kui ka
• kui nii võtta
• kuimitu
• kuivõrd
• nii ... kui
• nii ... kui ka
• nii kui
• niihästi ... kui
• niikaua kui
• niipea kui
• nõnda kui
• seni kui
• senikaua kui

Adverb

kui (not comparable)

1. how

   Kui vana sa oled?

   How old are you?

   Kui palju see maksab?

   How much does this cost?

References

• kui in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kui”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of kuin(ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification^(key): kui
• Hyphenation^(key): kui

Adverb

kui (colloquial)

1. how
2. why (are you asking)

   Joo muistan... kui?

   Yeah I remember... why?

Synonyms

• (how): kuinka, miten
• (why): kuinka niin

Anagrams

• iku-

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tui (“to thread on string”), from Proto-Central Pacific *tui, from Proto-Oceanic *tuʀi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhuʀ (“to string together”). Cognates include Māori tui (“to thread, to string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.i/, [ˈku.wi]

Verb

kui

1. to thread, to string together

Related terms

• kukui

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kui”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 174

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui̯
• Hyphenation: kui

Adverb

kui

1. alternative form of kuin
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.

     I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, like we were blind, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

References

• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 57

Japanese

Romanization

kui

1. Rōmaji transcription of くい

Javanese

Determiner

kui

1. nonstandard spelling of kuwi

Karelian

Adverb

kui

1. how

Koho

Verb

kui

1. to sleep
2. to copulate

References

• Paul J. Sidwell, Proto South Bahnaric: A Reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer Language of Indo-China (2000)

Livonian

Etymology

From the instructive plural *kuin of Proto-Finnic *ku. Compare Estonian kui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui/, [ˈku̯iˑ]

Adverb

kui

1. how
2. (chiefly in the negative) (not) very
3. like (in a way similar to)
4. somehow

Conjunction

kui

1. so (much) that, to the extent that

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kui”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Livvi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognates include Finnish kui and Ingrian kui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/
• Hyphenation: kui

Adverb

kui

1. how? (interrogative)

   Kui se sanohes livvikse? ― How is this called in Livvi?

2. how (relative)

   Se on, kui luadie. ― This is how to do it.

3. how! (exclamatory)

   Kui olet kaunis! ― How pretty are you!

Conjunction

kui

1. (just) like

   Hyö ollah kui lapset. ― They are like children.

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 124

Mandarin

Romanization

kui

1. nonstandard spelling of kuī
2. nonstandard spelling of kuí
3. nonstandard spelling of kuǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of kuì

Usage notes

• 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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kui f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of ku

Savosavo

Numeral

kui

1. eight

References

• Claudia Wegener (2012), A Grammar of Savosavo, Berlin: De Gruyter, →OCLC, page 73

Teressa

Noun

kui

1. head

References

• Abbi, Anvita; R, Vyaskh (2020), “Aspects of word formation processes in Luro: The endangered language of the Nicobar Islands”, in Asian Language and Linguistics‎^[5]

Votic

Etymology

From the instructive plural *kuin of Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognate with Finnish kuin, Ingrian kui and Estonian kui.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯/, [ˈkui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui̯
• Hyphenation: kui

Adverb

kui

1. (interrogative) how?
2. (relative) how
3. however, no matter how

Conjunction

kui

1. (relative) when
2. if
3. than (in comparisons)

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kui”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[6], 2nd edition, Tallinn