"ki-" meaning in Esperanto

See ki- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From interrogative and relative pronouns of European languages, such as French (qui, que, quoi, quel, quand, comment, combien), Italian (che), Russian (кто, как, какой, куда, когда). Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|fr|-}} French, {{bor|eo|it|-}} Italian, {{bor|eo|ru|-}} Russian Head templates: {{head|eo|prefix}} ki-
  1. wh-, what (interrogative/relative correlative prefix) Tags: morpheme Derived forms: kiu (english: which one, who, which/what (with a noun)), kio (english: what (without a noun)), kia (english: what kind of, what a ...!), kies (english: whose), kiel (english: how, to what degree), kie (english: where), kiam (english: when), kiom (english: how much), kial (english: why)
    Sense id: en-ki--eo-prefix-0orZQD~i Categories (other): Esperanto correlatives, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 12 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 1 1 10 13 3 6 10 0 1 2 4 2 2 9 8 4 4 4 4 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 2 2
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From interrogative and relative pronouns of European languages, such as French (qui, que, quoi, quel, quand, comment, combien), Italian (che), Russian (кто, как, какой, куда, когда).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ki-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto correlatives",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 10 13 3 6 10 0 1 2 4 2 2 9 8 4 4 4 4 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "which one, who, which/what (with a noun)",
          "word": "kiu"
        },
        {
          "english": "what (without a noun)",
          "word": "kio"
        },
        {
          "english": "what kind of, what a ...!",
          "word": "kia"
        },
        {
          "english": "whose",
          "word": "kies"
        },
        {
          "english": "how, to what degree",
          "word": "kiel"
        },
        {
          "english": "where",
          "word": "kie"
        },
        {
          "english": "when",
          "word": "kiam"
        },
        {
          "english": "how much",
          "word": "kiom"
        },
        {
          "english": "why",
          "word": "kial"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wh-, what (interrogative/relative correlative prefix)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ki--eo-prefix-0orZQD~i",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "which one, who, which/what (with a noun)",
      "word": "kiu"
    },
    {
      "english": "what (without a noun)",
      "word": "kio"
    },
    {
      "english": "what kind of, what a ...!",
      "word": "kia"
    },
    {
      "english": "whose",
      "word": "kies"
    },
    {
      "english": "how, to what degree",
      "word": "kiel"
    },
    {
      "english": "where",
      "word": "kie"
    },
    {
      "english": "when",
      "word": "kiam"
    },
    {
      "english": "how much",
      "word": "kiom"
    },
    {
      "english": "why",
      "word": "kial"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From interrogative and relative pronouns of European languages, such as French (qui, que, quoi, quel, quand, comment, combien), Italian (che), Russian (кто, как, какой, куда, когда).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ki-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto correlatives",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto prefixes",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from French",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from French",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Russian",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wh-, what (interrogative/relative correlative prefix)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki-"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Esperanto dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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