Ki

English

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian ki.

Alternative forms

• ti

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kiː/

Noun

Ki (countable and uncountable; plural Kis)

1. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China, whose juice is used to make an intoxicating drink.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• chi
• qi

Noun

Ki (uncountable)

1. A form of psychic energy.

Anagrams

• ik

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Old French qui < Latin qui

Pronoun

Ki

1. who

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Azeri

Conjunction

Ki

1. that

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kwū (compare Old Irish cú, Welsh ci) < Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

Ki m. (plural chas, kon)

1. dog

Inflection

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
singular	ki	gi	c'hi	unchanged	unchanged
plural	[[k{{{3}}}]]	[[g{{{3}}}]]	[[c'h{{{3}}}]]	unchanged	unchanged

Derived terms

• kiez

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kwū (compare Old Irish cú, Welsh ci) < Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kiː]

Noun

Ki m. (plural keun)

1. dog

Alternative forms

• kei
• ky

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Dena'ina

Adverb

ki

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

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French qui

Determiner

Ki

1. what

Pronoun

Ki

1. (relative) who,which

Notes

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈki/

• Audio

  noicon

  (file)

Adverb

Ki

1. out

Pronoun

Ki (interrogative)

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

declension of Ki 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

possessives of Ki possessor singular possession plural possession 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

• akárki
• bárki
• kicsoda
• mindenki
• senki

See also

• ki korán kel, aranyat lel
• ki mint vet, úgy arat

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Japanese

Syllable

Ki

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

Noun

Ki (hiragana き)

1. 木: a tree
2. 気: air, spirit
3. キ: the katakana letter ki
4. き: the hiragana letter ki

Derived terms

• 気になる (きになる, ki ni naru)

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Pronoun

Ki

1. what

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Slovene

Pronoun

Ki

1. that (which)

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Swahili

Prefix

Ki

1. (noun class marker) A noun class denoting "things". Also called kitu class, it includes inanimate things such as language names, as well as diminutives and nouns of physical defect. Plurals are in the vitu class, together simply called ki-vi.

   Kiswahili — Swahili language

   Kiingereza — English language

   kitoto — baby (a diminutive)

   kilema — a crippled person (one with a physical defect)

-ki-

1. (conditional prefix or infix) when, if

   nikinunua (ni- -ki- -nunua) — if I buy

Verb

Ki

1. it is

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ci/

Conjunction

Ki

1. that