"kiu" meaning in Esperanto

See kiu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: [ˈkiu] Forms: kiun [accusative, singular], kiuj [plural], kiujn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -iu Etymology: ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -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 pronouns, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto determiners: 48 52 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto pronouns: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 40 39 0 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 41 0 7 7 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] Forms: kiuj [plural], kiun [accusative, singular], kiujn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -iu Etymology: ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -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 interrogative pronouns, Esperanto pronouns, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto correlatives: 31 69 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto determiners: 48 52 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto interrogative pronouns: 34 66 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto pronouns: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 40 39 0 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 41 0 7 7
  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)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "whoever",
      "word": "kiu ajn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiuj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiun",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiujn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "kiuj",
        "5": "accusative singular",
        "6": "kiun",
        "7": "accusative plural",
        "8": "kiujn",
        "cat2": "correlatives"
      },
      "expansion": "kiu (plural kiuj, accusative singular kiun, accusative plural kiujn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ki‧u"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto GCSE0",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto correlatives",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 39 0 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 41 0 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973 December 29, J. C. Kilburn, “Esperantistoj! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 10:",
          "text": "Iu, kiu dezirus korespondi kun eksterlandaj gesamseksemuloj, bonvole skribu al […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I already said, that my brother, who was a little bit older than me, died.",
          "text": "Mi jam diris, ke mia frato, kiu estis iomete pli aĝa ol mi, mortis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiu-eo-pron-ekxIe94w",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Life moves ploddingly on the sunny, heavenly-glorious slopes, which fall from the piramidal peaks to the borders of the big blue ocean.",
          "text": "La vivo moviĝas laŭ bova rapideco sur la sunaj, ĉielgloraj deklivoj, kiuj falas de la piramidaj pintoj al la bordoj de la bluega oceano.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Charles remains famous for the influence battle, which he undertook against the English Parliament.",
          "text": "Karlo restas fama pro la influo-batalo, kiun li entreprenis kontraŭ la Parlamento de Anglio.⁽ⱽᴾ⁾"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiu-eo-pron-d7wGxV0p",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiu]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiu"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiun",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiuj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiujn",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kiu (accusative singular kiun, plural kiuj, accusative plural kiujn)",
      "name": "eo-det"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ki‧u"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto GCSE0",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 39 0 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 41 0 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which, what"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiu-eo-det-7id6R6MV",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kia"
        },
        {
          "word": "tia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉia"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenia"
        },
        {
          "word": "kial"
        },
        {
          "word": "tial"
        },
        {
          "word": "ial"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉial"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenial"
        },
        {
          "word": "kiam"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiam"
        },
        {
          "word": "iam"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉiam"
        },
        {
          "word": "neniam"
        },
        {
          "word": "kie"
        },
        {
          "word": "tie"
        },
        {
          "word": "ie"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉie"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenie"
        },
        {
          "word": "kien"
        },
        {
          "word": "tien"
        },
        {
          "word": "ien"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉien"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenien"
        },
        {
          "word": "kiel"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiel"
        },
        {
          "word": "iel"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉiel"
        },
        {
          "word": "neniel"
        },
        {
          "word": "kies"
        },
        {
          "word": "ties"
        },
        {
          "word": "ies"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉies"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenies"
        },
        {
          "word": "kio"
        },
        {
          "word": "tio"
        },
        {
          "word": "io"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉio"
        },
        {
          "word": "nenio"
        },
        {
          "word": "kiom"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiom"
        },
        {
          "word": "iom"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉiom"
        },
        {
          "word": "neniom"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "iu"
        },
        {
          "word": "ĉiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "neniu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiu]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiu"
}
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    "Esperanto BRO1",
    "Esperanto GCSE0",
    "Esperanto correlatives",
    "Esperanto determiners",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
    "Esperanto interrogative pronouns",
    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto pronouns",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/iu"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "whoever",
      "word": "kiu ajn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -u (“correlative suffix of individuals”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiuj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiun",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiujn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "kiuj",
        "5": "accusative singular",
        "6": "kiun",
        "7": "accusative plural",
        "8": "kiujn",
        "cat2": "correlatives"
      },
      "expansion": "kiu (plural kiuj, accusative singular kiun, accusative plural kiujn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ki‧u"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations",
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Esperanto quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973 December 29, J. C. Kilburn, “Esperantistoj! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 10:",
          "text": "Iu, kiu dezirus korespondi kun eksterlandaj gesamseksemuloj, bonvole skribu al […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I already said, that my brother, who was a little bit older than me, died.",
          "text": "Mi jam diris, ke mia frato, kiu estis iomete pli aĝa ol mi, mortis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who (the interrogative and relative correlative of individuals)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Life moves ploddingly on the sunny, heavenly-glorious slopes, which fall from the piramidal peaks to the borders of the big blue ocean.",
          "text": "La vivo moviĝas laŭ bova rapideco sur la sunaj, ĉielgloraj deklivoj, kiuj falas de la piramidaj pintoj al la bordoj de la bluega oceano.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Charles remains famous for the influence battle, which he undertook against the English Parliament.",
          "text": "Karlo restas fama pro la influo-batalo, kiun li entreprenis kontraŭ la Parlamento de Anglio.⁽ⱽᴾ⁾"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiu]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiu"
}

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    "Esperanto GCSE0",
    "Esperanto correlatives",
    "Esperanto determiners",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto pronouns",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
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    "Rhymes:Esperanto/iu"
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiun",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiuj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiujn",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "kiu (accusative singular kiun, plural kiuj, accusative plural kiujn)",
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  ],
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    "ki‧u"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "det",
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    {
      "word": "kia"
    },
    {
      "word": "tia"
    },
    {
      "word": "ia"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉia"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenia"
    },
    {
      "word": "kial"
    },
    {
      "word": "tial"
    },
    {
      "word": "ial"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉial"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenial"
    },
    {
      "word": "kiam"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiam"
    },
    {
      "word": "iam"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉiam"
    },
    {
      "word": "neniam"
    },
    {
      "word": "kie"
    },
    {
      "word": "tie"
    },
    {
      "word": "ie"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉie"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenie"
    },
    {
      "word": "kien"
    },
    {
      "word": "tien"
    },
    {
      "word": "ien"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉien"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenien"
    },
    {
      "word": "kiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "iel"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "neniel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kies"
    },
    {
      "word": "ties"
    },
    {
      "word": "ies"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉies"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenies"
    },
    {
      "word": "kio"
    },
    {
      "word": "tio"
    },
    {
      "word": "io"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉio"
    },
    {
      "word": "nenio"
    },
    {
      "word": "kiom"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiom"
    },
    {
      "word": "iom"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉiom"
    },
    {
      "word": "neniom"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "iu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ĉiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "neniu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "which, what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiu]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiu"
}

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