"kia" meaning in Esperanto

See kia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: [ˈkia] Forms: kian [accusative, singular], kiaj [plural], kiajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of kind). Etymology templates: {{af|eo|ki-|-a|nocat=1|pos1=interrogative and relative correlative prefix|pos2=correlative suffix of kind}} ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of kind) Head templates: {{eo-det}} kia (accusative singular kian, plural kiaj, accusative plural kiajn)
  1. what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind) Derived forms: kia ajn (english: whatever kind of)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kia meaning in Esperanto (3.0kB)

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        "Rhymes:Esperanto/ia"
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