"ki" meaning in Tooro

See ki in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ki/, [ci]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ttj|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀í||what?|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”), {{inh+|ttj|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀í|t=what?}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”) Head templates: {{head|ttj|determiner}} ki
  1. (interrogative) what, what kind of Tags: interrogative Synonyms: kiki
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      },
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      "name": "yesno"
    },
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        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*kɪ̀í",
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ttj",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "ki",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tooro",
  "lang_code": "ttj",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 57 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tooro determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tooro entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, what kind of"
      ],
      "id": "en-ki-ttj-det-xz4MoVgL",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "what kind of",
          "what kind of"
        ]
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        "(interrogative) what, what kind of"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kiki"
        }
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ci]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 57 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zom:Animal body parts",
    "zom:Birds"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
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        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ttj",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "what?",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*kɪ̀í",
        "t": "what?"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀í (“what?”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ttj",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "ki",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tooro",
  "lang_code": "ttj",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 57 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tooro determiners",
        "Tooro entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tooro lemmas",
        "Tooro terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Tooro terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, what kind of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "what kind of",
          "what kind of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what, what kind of"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kiki"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ci]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tooro dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). 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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