See ki ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "kí",
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"t1": "what",
"t2": "to be, is"
},
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"name": "compound"
},
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"2": "gịnī",
"t": "what"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From kí (“what”) + ni (“to be, is”), Cognate with Igbo gịnī (“what”)",
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{
"form": "kí ni",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"2": "pronoun",
"head": "kí ni",
"head2": ""
},
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},
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},
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"english": "What?",
"text": "Kí ni?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Because of what?",
"text": "Nítorí kí ni?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What did you say?",
"text": "Kí lo sọ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What did who buy?",
"text": "Kí ni ta ni rà?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what is?"
],
"id": "en-ki_ni-yo-pron-4bx3bIjq",
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
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"(interrogative) what is?"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "interrogative what",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kí niview map"
},
{
"word": "kín nì户"
},
{
"word": "kí à户"
},
{
"word": "kí rìn户"
},
{
"word": "kí ìn户Northwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkí户Ọ̀tàkí户Agégekí户Ìlogbò Erémikí户Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkákéé户"
},
{
"word": "bé户"
},
{
"word": "kẹ户"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ko户ÈkóÈkókí ni户ÌbàdànÌbàdànkí ni户ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí ni户Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí ni户Ọ̀fàkí ni户ÌlọrinÌlọrinkí ni户OǹkóÒtùkí ni户Ìwéré Ilékí户Òkèhòkí ni户Ìsẹ́yìnkí ni户Ṣakíkí ni户Tedékín ni户Ìgbẹ́tìkín ni户Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí ni户Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kí ni户Ìkirèkí ni户Ìwókí ni户Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí ni户Bɛ̀nɛ̀kí ni户Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbakí户Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekí户Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kíí户Tchaouroukíí户ǸcàBaàtɛkéé户ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàkéko户"
},
{
"word": "kéé户Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ke户Kétu"
},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákéé户Ìmẹ̀kọkéé户Kétukéé户Ifɛ̀Akpárékí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户Atakpamɛkí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户Bokokí户Est-Monokí户"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí ni户Moretankí户Tchettikí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户KuraAwotébikɛ́li户户Partagokɛ́lì户户Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́户Northern NagoKambolekéí户户"
},
{
"word": "ké户户Manigrikéí户户Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kí nĩ̄/"
}
],
"word": "ki ni"
}
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "kí",
"3": "ni",
"t1": "what",
"t2": "to be, is"
},
"expansion": "kí (“what”) + ni (“to be, is”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "gịnī",
"t": "what"
},
"expansion": "Igbo gịnī (“what”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From kí (“what”) + ni (“to be, is”), Cognate with Igbo gịnī (“what”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kí ni",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "pronoun",
"head": "kí ni",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "kí ni",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pronoun",
"2": "kí ni"
},
"expansion": "kí ni",
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}
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"lang_code": "yo",
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"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
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{
"english": "What?",
"text": "Kí ni?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Because of what?",
"text": "Nítorí kí ni?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What did you say?",
"text": "Kí lo sọ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What did who buy?",
"text": "Kí ni ta ni rà?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what is?"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what is?"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kí nĩ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "interrogative what",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kí niview map"
},
{
"word": "kín nì户"
},
{
"word": "kí à户"
},
{
"word": "kí rìn户"
},
{
"word": "kí ìn户Northwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkí户Ọ̀tàkí户Agégekí户Ìlogbò Erémikí户Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkákéé户"
},
{
"word": "bé户"
},
{
"word": "kẹ户"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ko户ÈkóÈkókí ni户ÌbàdànÌbàdànkí ni户ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí ni户Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí ni户Ọ̀fàkí ni户ÌlọrinÌlọrinkí ni户OǹkóÒtùkí ni户Ìwéré Ilékí户Òkèhòkí ni户Ìsẹ́yìnkí ni户Ṣakíkí ni户Tedékín ni户Ìgbẹ́tìkín ni户Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí ni户Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kí ni户Ìkirèkí ni户Ìwókí ni户Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí ni户Bɛ̀nɛ̀kí ni户Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbakí户Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekí户Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kíí户Tchaouroukíí户ǸcàBaàtɛkéé户ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàkéko户"
},
{
"word": "kéé户Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ke户Kétu"
},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákéé户Ìmẹ̀kọkéé户Kétukéé户Ifɛ̀Akpárékí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户Atakpamɛkí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户Bokokí户Est-Monokí户"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí ni户Moretankí户Tchettikí户"
},
{
"word": "kí ni户KuraAwotébikɛ́li户户Partagokɛ́lì户户Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́户Northern NagoKambolekéí户户"
},
{
"word": "ké户户Manigrikéí户户Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "ki ni"
}
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