Esperanto

Prefix

ki-

1. wh-, what (interrogative/relative correlative prefix)

Derived terms

• kiu ‎(“which one, who, which/what (with a noun)”)
• kio ‎(“what (without a noun)”)
• kia ‎(“what kind of, what a ...!”)
• kies ‎(“whose”)
• kiel ‎(“how, to what degree”)
• kie ‎(“where”)
• kiam ‎(“when”)
• kiom ‎(“how much”)
• kial ‎(“why”)

Haitian Creole

Prefix

ki-

1. what, which (interrogative prefix)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈki]

Prefix

ki-

1. (verbal prefix) It indicates actions with outward direction or actions aiming fulfillment.

   megy ‎(“to go”) → kimegy ‎(“to exit, to go out”)

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

• Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɣi/

Prefix

ki-

1. (personal) it, her, him, third-person singular object marker.

   Te kikak aka

   Nobody heard it/him/her

Usage notes

• When the prefix "-ki-" is being preceded by a subject marker o followed by an initial "i" in the verb, it loses its own i and becomes just "-k-", as in this example:

Nikneki se kinia

I want (it) a banana

See also

• yaja (personal pronoun)

Swahili

Alternative forms

• ch-

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ki-.

Prefix

ki- ‎(plural vi-)

1. The prefix for noun class 7 denoting artefacts (objects made by humans).
   1. Forms the name of a language.

   Kiswahili — Swahili language

   Kiingereza — English language

   1. Forms a diminutive indicating that something is small or has a physical defect.

   kitoto — baby (diminutive of mtoto))

   kilema — a crippled person (physical defect)

See also

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes