"ke" meaning in Tagalog

See ke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈke/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈk̠ɛ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜒ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Indo-European *kʷid Proto-Italic *kʷid Latin quid Spanish quebor. Tagalog ke Borrowed from Spanish que. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor|es:que|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Indo-European *kʷid Proto-Italic *kʷid Latin quid Spanish quebor. Tagalog ke [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "who", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "interrogative root", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷís", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kʷid", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "quid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "que", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ke", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="ke"> Borrowed from Spanish que. Head templates: {{tl-head|conjunction|b=+}} ke (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ), {{tlb|tl|colloquial}} (colloquial)
  1. even if; whether Tags: colloquial Synonyms: kahit, man, kahiman Related terms: ike, kesyo, porke
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈk̠ɛʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: kê [canonical], ᜃᜒ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -eʔ Etymology: Possibly from Mandarin 葛 (gé). Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|cmn|葛|tr=gé}} Mandarin 葛 (gé) Head templates: {{tl-noun|kê|b=+}} kê (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒ), {{tlb|tl|plant}} (botany)
  1. kudzu (Pueraria montans var. lobata) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ke-tl-noun-txMWfvDw Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Plants Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 17 83 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Plants: 0 100 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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