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Ki

Ki

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

English

Proper noun

Ki

  1. (religion, mythology, Sumerian religion) In Sumerian mythology, the earth goddess and chief consort of the sky god, Anu.

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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ki

  1. A Papuan language spoken in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms
  • Amto, Siafli, Siawi
See also

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Ki

  1. kibi- (binary kilo-), as in KiB kibibyte (kilobyte)

Anagrams

ki

ki

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/

Noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

  1. Ti, a plant native to the Pacific islands and China, Cordyline fruticosa.

Etymology 2

From former romanizations of Mandarin Chinese ().

Noun

ki (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
    • 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art (page 19)
      If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.

Anagrams


Abenaki

Noun

ki

  1. Alternative form of aki

References

  • Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues (1884)

Azeri

Conjunction

ki

  1. that

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

ki m (plural chas or kon)

  1. dog

Derived terms

Mutation


Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kiː]

Noun

ki m (plural keun)

  1. dog

Mutation

Derived terms


Dena'ina

Adverb

ki

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

Fula

Suffix

ki

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

Usage notes

Article

ki

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

Usage notes

Determiner

ki

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

Usage notes


Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French qui.

Determiner

ki

  1. what

Pronoun

ki

  1. (relative) who,which

Usage notes


Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈki]

Adverb

ki

  1. out

Derived terms

Pronoun

ki (interrogative)

  1. (interrogative) who
  2. (relative, archaic or formal) who
    • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre, 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.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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
Possessive forms of ki
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

Synonyms

  • (relative pronoun): aki

Derived terms


Japanese

Romanization

ki

  1. rōmaji reading of
  2. rōmaji reading of

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of iki.

Determiner

ki

  1. (colloquial) this, these

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

Noun

ki

  1. moon

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese que.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/

Pronoun

ki

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

Lojban

Cmavo

ki (selma'o KI KI)

  1. (adverbial particle) sticky tense set/reset
    mi puki klama le zarci .i le nanmu cu batci le gerku
    I went to the market. The man bit the dog.

Maori

Particle

ki

  1. to, toward.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French qui.

Pronoun

ki

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

See also

Etymology 2

From French que.

Particle

ki

  1. than
  2. that

Old French

Pronoun

ki

  1. Alternative form of qui
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:
      ki trop i prent son tens i pert
      He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result

Rapa Nui

Verb

ki

  1. say
  2. look

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Pronoun

ki

  1. what

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ki

  1. (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who

Synonyms


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki/
  • Tonal orthography: ki

Pronoun

ki

  1. who, which, that (relative)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.


Swahili

Verb

ki

  1. it is

Tongan

Preposition

ki

  1. to (in the dative sense)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Persian که (ke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ci/

Conjunction

ki

  1. that

Etymology 2

Reduced form of iki.

Numeral

ki

  1. (cardinal) two (short form of iki)
    bir-ki-üç-dört
    one-two-three-four

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ki]

Pronoun

ki

  1. you (second person singular)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French quille.

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (bowling) pin

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) ki

  1. (zoology, colloquial, dated) dog
    Ngu như ki ― Fool like a dog
Synonyms