ki

Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.

O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.

He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.

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

An kantang ini, para ki papa.

Yaon ki ate an selpon mo.

(formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names

Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.


ki

Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.

chas (plural)
kon (plural)
ki (singular unmutated)
gi (mutation-soft singular)
c'hi (mutation-aspirate singular)
kon (plural unmutated)
gon (mutation-soft plural)
c'hon (mutation-aspirate plural)

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


ki

keun (plural)
ki (unmutated)
gi (soft)
hi

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


ki

Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa#Translingual

A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.

en-noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)


ki

And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.'

2005, Dave Courtney, Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 113:

But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.

2006, Graham Johnson, Druglord: Guns, Powder and Pay-Offs, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 93:

Hopefully, she would be able to save up just enough to buy her own half a ki of coke. And from there, the sky would be the limit.

2012, Kim K., Rise of an American Gangstress, Bellport, N.Y.: Melodrama Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:


ki

At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.

1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, volumes 34-35, page 217:

(UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”)


ki

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:

From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 /气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.


ki

to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)


ki

chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

ki (nominative singular)
kit (nominative plural)
ki (accusative nominative singular)
kit (accusative nominative plural)
kin (accusative genitive singular)
kit (accusative genitive plural)
kin (genitive singular)
kiden (genitive plural)
kitten (genitive plural)
kitä (partitive singular)
kitä (partitive plural)
kissä (inessive singular)
kissä (inessive plural)
kistä (elative singular)
kistä (elative plural)
kiin (illative singular)
kihin (illative plural)
killä (adessive singular)
killä (adessive plural)
kiltä (ablative singular)
kiltä (ablative plural)
kille (allative singular)
kille (allative plural)
kinä (essive singular)
kinä (essive plural)
kiksi (singular translative)
kiksi (plural translative)
kittä (abessive singular)
kittä (abessive plural)
kin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kini (nominative singular)
kini (nominative plural)
kini (accusative nominative singular)
kini (accusative nominative plural)
kini (accusative genitive singular)
kini (accusative genitive plural)
kini (genitive singular)
kideni (genitive plural)
kitteni (genitive plural)
kitäni (partitive singular)
kitäni (partitive plural)
kissäni (inessive singular)
kissäni (inessive plural)
kistäni (elative singular)
kistäni (elative plural)
kiini (illative singular)
kihini (illative plural)
killäni (adessive singular)
killäni (adessive plural)
kiltäni (ablative singular)
kiltäni (ablative plural)
killeni (allative singular)
killeni (allative plural)
kinäni (essive singular)
kinäni (essive plural)
kikseni (singular translative)
kikseni (plural translative)
kittäni (abessive singular)
kittäni (abessive plural)
kineni (comitative plural)
kisi (nominative singular)
kisi (nominative plural)
kisi (accusative nominative singular)
kisi (accusative nominative plural)
kisi (accusative genitive singular)
kisi (accusative genitive plural)
kisi (genitive singular)
kidesi (genitive plural)
kittesi (genitive plural)
kitäsi (partitive singular)
kitäsi (partitive plural)
kissäsi (inessive singular)
kissäsi (inessive plural)
kistäsi (elative singular)
kistäsi (elative plural)
kiisi (illative singular)
kihisi (illative plural)
killäsi (adessive singular)
killäsi (adessive plural)
kiltäsi (ablative singular)
kiltäsi (ablative plural)
killesi (allative singular)
killesi (allative plural)
kinäsi (essive singular)
kinäsi (essive plural)
kiksesi (singular translative)
kiksesi (plural translative)
kittäsi (abessive singular)
kittäsi (abessive plural)
kinesi (comitative plural)
kimme (nominative singular)
kimme (nominative plural)
kimme (accusative nominative singular)
kimme (accusative nominative plural)
kimme (accusative genitive singular)
kimme (accusative genitive plural)
kimme (genitive singular)
kidemme (genitive plural)
kittemme (genitive plural)
kitämme (partitive singular)
kitämme (partitive plural)
kissämme (inessive singular)
kissämme (inessive plural)
kistämme (elative singular)
kistämme (elative plural)
kiimme (illative singular)
kihimme (illative plural)
killämme (adessive singular)
killämme (adessive plural)
kiltämme (ablative singular)
kiltämme (ablative plural)
killemme (allative singular)
killemme (allative plural)
kinämme (essive singular)
kinämme (essive plural)
kiksemme (singular translative)
kiksemme (plural translative)
kittämme (abessive singular)
kittämme (abessive plural)
kinemme (comitative plural)
kinne (nominative singular)
kinne (nominative plural)
kinne (accusative nominative singular)
kinne (accusative nominative plural)
kinne (accusative genitive singular)
kinne (accusative genitive plural)
kinne (genitive singular)
kidenne (genitive plural)
kittenne (genitive plural)
kitänne (partitive singular)
kitänne (partitive plural)
kissänne (inessive singular)
kissänne (inessive plural)
kistänne (elative singular)
kistänne (elative plural)
kiinne (illative singular)
kihinne (illative plural)
killänne (adessive singular)
killänne (adessive plural)
kiltänne (ablative singular)
kiltänne (ablative plural)
killenne (allative singular)
killenne (allative plural)
kinänne (essive singular)
kinänne (essive plural)
kiksenne (singular translative)
kiksenne (plural translative)
kittänne (abessive singular)
kittänne (abessive plural)
kinenne (comitative plural)
kinsä (nominative singular)
kinsä (nominative plural)
kinsä (accusative nominative singular)
kinsä (accusative nominative plural)
kinsä (accusative genitive singular)
kinsä (accusative genitive plural)
kinsä (genitive singular)
kidensä (genitive plural)
kittensä (genitive plural)
kitään (partitive singular)
kitänsä (partitive singular)
kitään (partitive plural)
kitänsä (partitive plural)
kissään (inessive singular)
kissänsä (inessive singular)
kissään (inessive plural)
kissänsä (inessive plural)
kistään (elative singular)
kistänsä (elative singular)
kistään (elative plural)
kistänsä (elative plural)
kiinsä (illative singular)
kihinsä (illative plural)
killään (adessive singular)
killänsä (adessive singular)
killään (adessive plural)
killänsä (adessive plural)
kiltään (ablative singular)
kiltänsä (ablative singular)
kiltään (ablative plural)
kiltänsä (ablative plural)
killeen (allative singular)
killensä (allative singular)
killeen (allative plural)
killensä (allative plural)
kinään (essive singular)
kinänsä (essive singular)
kinään (essive plural)
kinänsä (essive plural)
kikseen (singular translative)
kiksensä (singular translative)
kikseen (plural translative)
kiksensä (plural translative)
kittään (abessive singular)
kittänsä (abessive singular)
kittään (abessive plural)
kittänsä (abessive plural)
kineen (comitative plural)
kinensä (comitative plural)

Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì).


ki

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


ki

Lekki ki

(definite) the (when it follows the noun)


ki

Ki lekki


ki

out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction

head

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)

kijjebb (comparative)
legkijjebb (superlative)


ki

(interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)

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

(literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.

(relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)

ki korán kel, aranyat lel

the early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)

(relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (“who”, whoever, he/she who, they who)

Ki erre, ki arra szaladt.

ki (nominative singular)
kik (nominative plural)
kit (accusative singular)
kiket (accusative plural)
kinek (dative singular)
kiknek (dative plural)
kivel (instrumental singular)
kikkel (instrumental plural)
kiért (causal-final singular)
kikért (causal-final plural)
kivé (singular translative)
kikké (plural translative)
kiig (singular terminative)
kikig (plural terminative)
kiként (essive-formal singular)
kikként (essive-formal plural)
kiben (inessive singular)
kikben (inessive plural)
kin (singular superessive)
kiken (plural superessive)
kinél (adessive singular)
kiknél (adessive plural)
kibe (illative singular)
kikbe (illative plural)
kire (singular sublative)
kikre (plural sublative)
kihez (allative singular)
kikhez (allative plural)
kiből (elative singular)
kikből (elative plural)
kiről (delative singular)
kikről (delative plural)
kitől (ablative singular)
kiktől (ablative plural)
kié (singular)
kiké (plural)
kiéi (singular)
kikéi (plural)
kim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kijeim (or kiim) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kijeid (or kiid) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kije (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kijei (or kii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kijeink (or kiink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kitek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kijeitek (or kiitek) (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kijük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kijeik (or kiik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

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


ki

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.


ki

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


ki

Na ki maari


ki

ki trop i prent son tens i pert

13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:

He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result

m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler

Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver

Cil sunt vassal ki les oz ajusterent.

10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page CCLVIII https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Chanson_de_Roland/Raoul_Mortier:

Great was the courage of the ones who joined these two armies in battle


ki

ingay ki

From Proto-Katuic *kii (“that”). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (“that, then, there”), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).


ki

Along ngcốh ki két.

(literally, “As for that tree, [it's] small.”)

(Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".


ki

Ki ngai pôq tốq vel.


ki

From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (“horn”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (“horn”) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (“thorn”)).


ki

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué and Kabuverdianu ki.


ki

head

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)


ki

Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause


ki

(obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)

ki (masculine nominative singular)
ka (feminine nominative singular)
kie (neuter nominative singular)
cy (nominative plural virile)
kie (nominative plural)
kiego (genitive masculine singular)
kiej (feminine genitive singular)
kiego (genitive neuter singular)
kich (genitive plural)
kich (genitive plural virile)
kiemu (dative masculine singular)
kiej (dative feminine singular)
kiemu (dative neuter singular)
kim (dative plural)
kim (dative plural virile)
kiego (accusative animate masculine singular)
ki (accusative inanimate masculine singular)
ką (accusative feminine singular)
kie (accusative neuter singular)
kich (accusative plural virile)
kie (accusative plural)
kim (instrumental masculine singular)
ką (feminine instrumental singular)
kim (instrumental neuter singular)
kimi (instrumental plural)
kimi (instrumental plural virile)
kim (locative masculine singular)
kiej (feminine locative singular)
kim (locative neuter singular)
kich (locative plural)
kich (locative plural virile)

Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.


ki

Proto-Chadic: *ki

Proto-Cushitic: *ki


ki

Proto-Slavic: *čь, *čьto (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷíd, neuter singular of *kʷís.


ki

Middle Breton: ci, qui

Breton: ki

Old Cornish: ci

Cornish: ki, kei

Middle Welsh: ci, ki

Welsh: ci

Cumbric: ci

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


ki

Latin: cis

See Proto-Indo-European *ḱís for relatives.


ki

ki- (stem)
ki (nominative singular)
kijas (nominative plural)
ki (accusative indefinite singular)
kijas (accusative indefinite plural)
kiäs (accusative definite singular)
kijasäs (accusative definite plural)
kiän (instrumental singular)
kijasän (instrumental plural)
kitäk (caritive singular)
kijastäk (caritive plural)
kila (consecutive singular)
kijasla (consecutive plural)
kilän (genitive singular)
kijaslän (genitive plural)
kiliś (ablative singular)
kijasliś (ablative plural)
kili (dative singular)
kijasli (dative plural)
kiin (inessive singular)
kijasin (inessive plural)
kiiś (elative singular)
kijasiś (elative plural)
kiä (illative singular)
kijasä (illative plural)
kiśań (egressive singular)
kijasśań (egressive plural)
kilań (approximative singular)
kijaslań (approximative plural)
kiäʒ́ (singular terminative)
kijasäʒ́ (plural terminative)
kiti (singular translative)
kijasti (plural translative)

Komi:

Komi-Permyak: ки (ki)

Komi-Yazva: ки (ki)

Komi-Zyrian: ки (ki)

Udmurt: ки (ki)

From Proto-Uralic *käte. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *käci and Proto-Samic *kietë.


ki

Komi:

⇒ Komi-Zyrian: изки (izki)

Udmurt: кӧ (kö)

From Proto-Uralic *kiwe. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *kivi and Proto-Mari *kü.


ki

Northern Ryukyuan:

⇒ Kunigami: 黄色 (chīrū) (< *ki-ero)

desc

Northern Amami Ōshima: 黄色 (kīiru), 黄さり (kīsari) (< *ki-ero, *ki)

⇒ Okinawan: 黄色 (chīru) (< *ki-ero)

⇒ Southern Amami Ōshima: 黄色 (kīir) (< *ki-ero)

Southern Ryukyuan:

⇒ Miyako: 黄色 (ksïïru) (< *ki-ero)

Yaeyama: 黄 (kïï)


ki

Northern Ryukyuan:

Kikai: 来ーい (shūi)

Kunigami: 来ん (sun)

Northern Amami Ōshima: 来り (xuri)

Okinawan: 来ーん (chūn)

Okinoerabu: 来ん (chun)

Southern Amami Ōshima: 来ゅむっ (kyum)

Tokunoshima: 来ゅい (kyui)

Yoron: 来ゅん (kyun)

Southern Ryukyuan:

Miyako: 来 (ksï)

Yaeyama: 来ん (kïn)

Yonaguni: 来ん (kun)


ki

Cahita:

Mayo: quibaque (“to enter”) (first syllable)

Corachol:

Cora: chí'i

Huichol: quíi

Northern Uto-Aztecan:

Hopi: kiihu

Cahuilla: kish

Pimic:

Tepehuan:

Northern Tepehuan: kií

Southeastern Tepehuan: kiicham (first syllable)


ki

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


ki

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


ki

From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.


ki

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.


ki

Yaptım ki gidesin.

I did it so that you would (be able to) go.

Yaptım ki gitsin.

I did it so that they would (be able to) go.

Seni öpersem biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.

If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.

Neden ondan korkuyorsun? Yapmaz ki o bir bok.

Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anways.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian که.


ki

bir-ki-üç-dört


ki

ngu như ki


ki

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.


ki

(subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.


ki

(transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone

(transitive) to sing the praises of someone


ki

(transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container


ki

Alternative form of kò (“not”) (used before í)


ki

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.