"-ki-" meaning in Yoruba

See -ki- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interfix

Forms: -kí- [canonical]
Etymology: Compare with Arigidi -kí-, Ede Idaca -kú- Etymology templates: {{cog|aqg|-kí-}} Arigidi -kí-, {{cog|idd|-ku-|-kú-}} Ede Idaca -kú- Head templates: {{head|yo|interfix|head=-kí-}} -kí-
  1. adds the meaning "any" to a noun when inserted into the reduplicated form (sometimes used pejoratively to mean "bad") Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ki--yo-interfix-WeCiBx0W Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba interfixes

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      "args": {
        "1": "aqg",
        "2": "-kí-"
      },
      "expansion": "Arigidi -kí-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
        "2": "-ku-",
        "3": "-kú-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ede Idaca -kú-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Arigidi -kí-, Ede Idaca -kú-",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-kí-",
      "tags": [
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    }
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    }
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          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba interfixes",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ọmọ (“child”) → ọmọkọ́mọ (“any child, bad child”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fìlà (“hat”) → fìlàkífìlà (“any hat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ẹni (“one, person”) → ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ewé (“leaf”) → ewékéwé (“any leaf; bad leaf”)"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "any",
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        ],
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          "reduplicated",
          "reduplicated#English"
        ],
        [
          "pejoratively",
          "pejoratively"
        ],
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          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "idd",
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        },
        {
          "text": "fìlà (“hat”) → fìlàkífìlà (“any hat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ẹni (“one, person”) → ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ewé (“leaf”) → ewékéwé (“any leaf; bad leaf”)"
        }
      ],
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        "adds the meaning \"any\" to a noun when inserted into the reduplicated form (sometimes used pejoratively to mean \"bad\")"
      ],
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          "any",
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        ],
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          "reduplicated#English"
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          "pejoratively"
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