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Ki
Ki
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"
English
Proper noun
Ki
- (religion, mythology, Sumerian religion) In Sumerian mythology, the earth goddess and chief consort of the sky god, Anu.
External links
- Ki (goddess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Ki
- A Papuan language spoken in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms
- Amto, Siafli, Siawi
See also
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Ki
Anagrams
ki
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiː/
Noun
ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)
- Ti, a plant native to the Pacific islands and China, Cordyline fruticosa.
Etymology 2
From former romanizations of Mandarin Chinese 氣 (qì).
Noun
ki (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art (page 19)
Anagrams
Abenaki
Noun
ki
- Alternative form of aki
References
- Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues (1884)
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Noun
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of ki
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)
Mutation
Mutation of ki
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
ki | gi | hi | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Derived terms
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
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Determiner
ki
Pronoun
ki
Usage notes
- This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.
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
Derived terms
Pronoun
ki (interrogative)
- (interrogative) who
- (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.
- 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre, stanza 2:
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 |
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 |
Synonyms
- (relative pronoun): aki
Derived terms
Expressions
Lojban
Cmavo
ki (selma'o KI KI)
- (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.
- mi puki klama le zarci .i le nanmu cu batci le gerku
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
Pronoun
ki
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Particle
ki
Old French
Pronoun
ki
- 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
-
ki trop i prent son tens i pert
-
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.
Pronoun
ki
Synonyms
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki/
- Tonal orthography: ki
Pronoun
ki
Declension
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Persian که (ke).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ci/
Conjunction
ki
Etymology 2
Reduced form of iki.
Numeral
ki
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ki]
Pronoun
ki
- you (second person singular)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ki˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɪj˧˥]
Etymology 1
Noun
(classifier con) ki
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier con) ki