ki
ki - Translingual
Symbol
ki
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.
ki - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kiː/
Noun
ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)
- A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.
Noun
ki (uncountable)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kiː/
Noun
ki (uncountable)
- (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
Related terms
Anagrams
ki - Abenaki
Noun
ki
- Alternative form of aki
ki - Aimele
Noun
ki
ki - Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ci]
- (Karabakh) IPA: [cin]
Conjunction
ki
- that
- Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.
- I know that this is right.
- O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.
- He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.
- to, in order to, so that
- Mən oraya getmişdim ki, lazım olanları alım.
- I went there to buy whatever was needed.
- Onlar onu evə göndərdilər ki, heç kim onu görməsin.
- They sent him home so that nobody would see him.
ki - Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Preposition
ki
- (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
- An kantang ini, para ki papa.
- This song's for (my) father.
- Synonym: kay
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
- Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.
- The cat ate a fish.
- Synonym: nin
Derived terms
ki - Breton
Noun
- dog
- Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.
- The dog is sleeping here.
Derived terms
Mutation
ki - Cornish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: [kiː]
Noun
ki m (plural keun)
Derived terms
Mutation
ki - Dena'ina
Adverb
ki
ki - Eastern Ojibwa
Noun
ki inan
ki - Fijian
Preposition
ki
ki - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
- Syllabification: ki
Noun
ki
Declension
When pronounced /kiː/:
Inflection of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ki | kit | ||
genitive | kin | kiden kitten | ||
partitive | kitä | kitä | ||
illative | kiin | kihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ki | kit | ||
accusative | nom. | ki | kit | |
gen. | kin | |||
genitive | kin | kiden kitten | ||
partitive | kitä | kitä | ||
inessive | kissä | kissä | ||
elative | kistä | kistä | ||
illative | kiin | kihin | ||
adessive | killä | killä | ||
ablative | kiltä | kiltä | ||
allative | kille | kille | ||
essive | kinä | kinä | ||
translative | kiksi | kiksi | ||
instructive | — | kin | ||
abessive | kittä | kittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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ki - Fula
Suffix
ki
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives
Usage notes
Article
ki
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
- Lekki ki ― the tree
Usage notes
Determiner
ki
- (used in indicating something)
- Ki lekki ― this/that tree
Usage notes
ki - Guinea-Bissau Creole
Pronoun
ki
ki - Haitian Creole
Determiner
ki
Pronoun
ki
Usage notes
- This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.
ki - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈki]
Adverb
ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)
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, Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Derived terms
- ki-be
- kifelé
Pronoun
ki
- (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
- (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
- (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”)
- (paired) some (referring to people)
- Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ki | kik |
accusative | kit | kiket |
dative | kinek | kiknek |
instrumental | kivel | kikkel |
causal-final | kiért | kikért |
translative | kivé | kikké |
terminative | kiig | kikig |
essive-formal | kiként | kikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kiben | kikben |
superessive | kin | kiken |
adessive | kinél | kiknél |
illative | kibe | kikbe |
sublative | kire | kikre |
allative | kihez | kikhez |
elative | kiből | kikből |
delative | kiről | kikről |
ablative | kitől | kiktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | kié | kiké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | kiéi | kikéi |
Possessive forms of ki | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kim | kijeim |
2nd person sing. | kid | kijeid |
3rd person sing. | kije | kijei |
1st person plural | kink | kijeink |
2nd person plural | kitek | kijeitek |
3rd person plural | kijük | kijeik |
Derived terms
- kétszer ad, ki gyorsan ad
- ki korán kel, aranyat lel
- ki mint vet, úgy arat
ki - Japanese
Romanization
ki
ki - Javanese
Determiner
ki
ki - Kabuverdianu
Adverb
ki
ki - Kristang
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Pronoun
ki
ki - Laz
Conjunction
ki
- Latin spelling of ქი (ki)
ki - Maori
Particle
ki
ki - Mauritian Creole
Pronoun
ki
Derived terms
Particle
ki
ki - Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”). (This character, ki, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝.) |
ki - Mohawk
Pronoun
ki
ki - Old French
Pronoun
ki
- Alternative spelling of qui
ki - Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- kiko (synonym)
Pronoun
ki
ki - Phalura
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Postposition
ki (کیۡ)
- as
- of
- out of
- with
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Conjunction
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- or
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Conjunction
ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
- Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause
ki - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
- Syllabification: ki
Pronoun
ki m sg
- (obsolete) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
ki - Rapa Nui
Verb
ki
ki - Rohingya
Pronoun
ki
ki - Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)
Synonyms
ki - Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Pronoun
ki
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
ki - Sumerian
Romanization
ki
- Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)
ki - Swahili
Verb
ki
ki - Tok Pisin
Noun
ki
ki - Tokelauan
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈki/
- Hyphenation: ki
Preposition
ki
ki - Tongan
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki/
Preposition
ki
ki - Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ci/
Conjunction
ki
Numeral
ki
ki - Unami
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ki]
Pronoun
ki
- you (second person singular)
ki - Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA: [ki˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA: [kɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [kɪj˧˧]
Noun
(classifier con) ki
Noun
(classifier con) ki
- (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
- ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
Noun
(classifier cái) ki
ki - Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (high-tone): IPA: /kí/
- (mid-tone): IPA: /kī/
- (low-tone): IPA: /kì/
Noun
kí
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
Particle
kí
- (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.
Verb
kí
Verb
kì
Derived terms
Verb
ki
Verb
ki
Derived terms
Particle
kì
ki - Zou
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki˧˥/
Noun
kí
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki˧˥/
Noun
kí
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ki˧˩/
Adjective
kì