"kiu" meaning in Esperanto

See kiu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: [ˈkiu] Audio: Eo-kiu.ogg Forms: kiun [accusative, singular], kiuj [plural], kiujn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -iu Etymology: ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”) Etymology templates: {{m|eo|ki-||interrogative and relative correlative prefix}} ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”), {{m|eo|-u||correlative suffix of individuals}} -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”) Head templates: {{eo-det}} kiu (accusative singular kiun, plural kiuj, accusative plural kiujn)
  1. which, what
    Sense id: en-kiu-eo-det-7id6R6MV Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto GCSE0, Esperanto determiners, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto entries with language name categories using raw markup, Esperanto pronouns Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto determiners: 47 53 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto pronouns: 48 52 0 Related terms: kia, tia, ia, ĉia, nenia, kial, tial, ial, ĉial, nenial, kiam, tiam, iam, ĉiam, neniam, kie, tie, ie, ĉie, nenie, kien, tien, ien, ĉien, nenien, kiel, tiel, iel, ĉiel, neniel, kies, ties, ies, ĉies, nenies, kio, tio, io, ĉio, nenio, kiom, tiom, iom, ĉiom, neniom, tiu, iu, ĉiu, neniu

Pronoun

IPA: [ˈkiu] Audio: Eo-kiu.ogg Forms: kiuj [plural], kiun [accusative, singular], kiujn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -iu Etymology: ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”) Etymology templates: {{m|eo|ki-||interrogative and relative correlative prefix}} ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”), {{m|eo|-u||correlative suffix of individuals}} -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”) Head templates: {{head|eo|pronoun|plural|kiuj|accusative singular|kiun|accusative plural|kiujn|cat2=correlatives}} kiu (plural kiuj, accusative singular kiun, accusative plural kiujn)
  1. who (the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals)
    Sense id: en-kiu-eo-pron-ekxIe94w Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto GCSE0, Esperanto correlatives, Esperanto determiners, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto entries with language name categories using raw markup, Esperanto interrogative pronouns, Esperanto pronouns Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto correlatives: 28 72 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto determiners: 47 53 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto interrogative pronouns: 33 67 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto pronouns: 48 52 0
  2. (relative) which Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-kiu-eo-pron-d7wGxV0p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kiu ajn (english: whoever)

Download JSON data for kiu meaning in Esperanto (6.5kB)

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      "word": "ĉiom"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiu]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iu"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Eo-kiu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Eo-kiu.ogg/Eo-kiu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Eo-kiu.ogg",
      "text": "Audio:"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiu"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Esperanto dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.