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ki

Translingual

Symbol

ki

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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

  1. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

ki (plural kis)

  1. Alternative form of key (a kilogram)

Etymology 3

Noun

ki (uncountable)

  1. (UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”)

Etymology 4

From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/

Noun

ki (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
Related terms

See also

Anagrams

  • ik, Ik, IK

Abenaki

Noun

ki

  1. Alternative form of aki

References

  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 40

Aimele

Noun

ki

  1. bone

Further reading

  • R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24

Albanian

Verb

ki

  1. second-person singular imperative of kam

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Classical Persian که (kē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ci]
  • (Karabakh) IPA(key): [cin]

Conjunction

ki

  1. that
  2. to, in order to, so that

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki/ [ˈki]

Preposition

ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)

  1. (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
  3. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)

Synonyms

  • (used to mark oblique cases): kay
  • (indirect or object marker): nin, -ng

Derived terms

See also

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

ki m (plural chas or kon)

  1. dog

Derived terms

  • aourgi
  • kiez

Mutation

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • kei
  • ky

Etymology

From Old Cornish ci, from Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kiː]

Noun

ki m (plural keun)

  1. dog

Derived terms

  • morgi

Mutation

Danish

Noun

ki c

  1. Initialism of kunstig intelligens.

Synonyms

  • KI
  • AI (anglicism)

References

  • “ki” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dena'ina

Adverb

ki

  1. again, too, more
  2. furthermore, moreover

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe aki

Noun

ki inan

  1. earth

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177

Fijian

Preposition

ki

  1. to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)
  2. at (used for locations)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification(key): ki
  • Hyphenation(key): ki

Noun

ki

  1. chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

Declension

When pronounced /kiː/:

Fula

Suffix

ki

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Article

ki

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Lekki ki ― the tree

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Determiner

ki

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ki lekki ― this/that tree

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Pronoun

ki

  1. who

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French qui.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Determiner

ki

  1. what

Pronoun

ki

  1. (relative) who, which

Usage notes

  • This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.

Hokkien

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈki]
  • Rhymes: -ki

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

  1. out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
    Antonym: be
Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.

Pronoun

ki

  2. (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
  3. (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
    • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre,[1] stanza 2:
      Gondoljatok arra, kit messze rejtek / rejt tőletek, ki ha kóstolja bortok / nem érzi már ízét sem; és ha szóltok / nem érti, s más összhang mit vágya kerget.
      (literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.
  4. (relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (“who”, whoever, he/she who, they who)
    ki korán kel, aranyat lel ― the early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)
  5. (paired) some (referring to people)
    Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.


Declension
Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • (who): ki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (out): ki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch quu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/, [ki]

Noun

ki (plural ki-ki)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Synonyms

  • kiu (Standard Malay)

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

  • “ki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

ki

  1. The hiragana syllable き (ki) or the katakana syllable キ (ki) in Hepburn romanization.

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of iki.

Determiner

ki

  1. (colloquial) this, these

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronoun

ki

  1. that
  2. which

Conjunction

ki

  1. than

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Pronoun

ki

  1. (interrogative) what (what thing)
  2. (relative) that; which

Laz

Conjunction

ki

  1. Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

Maori

Particle

ki

  1. to, toward.

Derived terms

  • ki waho - out, outside

Further reading

  • “ki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French qui.

Pronoun

ki

  1. (relative) who
  2. (relative) what
Derived terms
  • kifer

See also

  • kisann-la

Etymology 2

From French que.

Particle

ki

  1. than
  2. that

Mohawk

Pronoun

ki

  1. this

Nǀuu

Alternative forms

  • kyi

Pronoun

ki

  1. it

Verb

ki

  1. have

References

  • Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
  • Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

Old French

Pronoun

ki

  1. Alternative spelling of qui

Pacoh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kiː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Katuic *kii (“that”). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (“that, then, there”), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).

Determiner

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) that/those
    Synonym: cốh
    ingay ki ― that day

Particle

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".
    Synonym: cốh

Adverb

ki 

  1. (Pahi Tamprin) so; then
    Synonym: cốh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (“horn”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (“horn”) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (“thorn”)).

Noun

ki 

  1. rhinoceros horn

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • kiko (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué and Kabuverdianu ki.

Pronoun

ki

  1. what

Phalura

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Postposition

ki (کیۡ)

  1. as
  2. of
  3. out of
  4. with

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. or

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)

  1. Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ki
  • Homophone: -ki

Pronoun

ki m sg

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
    Synonyms: jaki, który

Declension

Further reading

  • ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Waga (1860) “ki”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 752

Rapa Nui

Verb

ki

  1. say
  2. look

Rohingya

Pronoun

ki

  1. what

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronoun

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

  1. (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who
    Synonym: koji

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Pronoun

ki

  1. who, which, that (relative)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Sumerian

Romanization

ki

  1. Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

Sundanese

Contraction

ki

  1. Shortened form of kai (“wood, tree”)

Usage notes

  • Commonly used as prefix for names of trees and plants, esp. for those of large trees, e.g. ki ajag, ki beusi, kiara, etc.

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

ki

  1. it is

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

Pronoun

ki

  1. who

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

Pronoun

ki

  1. who

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English key.

Noun

ki

  1. key

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ki]
  • Hyphenation: ki

Preposition

ki

  1. towards, to, into, onto
  2. Marks the direct object of some verbs.

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

Tongan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Preposition

ki

  1. to (in the dative sense)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian که.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ci/

Conjunction

ki

  1. (+ optative or imperative) so that, so
  2. that
  3. anyways
Usage notes
  • With sense 1, the optative is used for all persons with the exception of the third person singular, which takes the imperative form instead.
  • With sense 2, it also possible to use this sentence structure

Etymology 2

Reduced form of iki.

Numeral

ki

  1. two (short form of iki)

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ki]

Pronoun

ki

  1. you (second person singular)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ki˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From French quille.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (bowling) a pin

Etymology 2

From English Henry Kissinger.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
    ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
  2. common Vietnamese name for dogs

Etymology 3

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

Noun

(classifier cái) ki

  1. a dustpan
    Synonym: đồ hốt rác

Woiwurrung

Interjection

ki

  1. ha

References

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /kí/
  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /kī/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /kì/

Etymology 1

Noun

kí

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Particle

kí

  1. (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
Usage notes

Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.

Etymology 3

Verb

kí

  1. (transitive) to greet, to say hello
  2. (transitive) to visit

Etymology 4

Verb

kì

  1. (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
  2. (transitive) to sing the praises of someone
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

ki

  1. (transitive) to load
  2. (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

Etymology 6

Verb

ki

  1. (intransitive) to be viscous
  2. to be thick (relating to stew or soup)
Derived terms
  • ìki, kíki, òṣùwọ̀n-ìki

Etymology 7

Particle

kì

  1. Alternative form of kò (“not”) (used before í)

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.

Alternative forms

  • eki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki˧˥/

Noun

kí

  1. horn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki˧˥/

Noun

kí

  1. parrot

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki˧˩/

Adjective

kì

  1. scared
  2. disgusted

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

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