See ki ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "kí",
"3": "ni",
"t1": "what",
"t2": "to be, is"
},
"expansion": "kí (“what”) + ni (“to be, is”)",
"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": ""
},
"expansion": "kí ni",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "kí ni"
},
"expansion": "kí ni",
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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"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what is?"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "interrogative what",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kí niview map"
},
{
"word": "kín nì丬"
},
{
"word": "kí à丬"
},
{
"word": "kí rìn丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ìn丬Northwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkí丬Ọ̀tàkí丬Agégekí丬Ìlogbò Erémikí丬Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkákéé丬"
},
{
"word": "bé丬"
},
{
"word": "kẹ丬"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ko丬ÈkóÈkókí ni丬ÌbàdànÌbàdànkí ni丬ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí ni丬Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí ni丬Ọ̀fàkí ni丬ÌlọrinÌlọrinkí ni丬OǹkóÒtùkí ni丬Ìwéré Ilékí丬Òkèhòkí ni丬Ìsẹ́yìnkí ni丬Ṣakíkí ni丬Tedékín ni丬Ìgbẹ́tìkín ni丬Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí ni丬Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kí ni丬Ìkirèkí ni丬Ìwókí ni丬Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí ni丬Bɛ̀nɛ̀kí ni丬Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbakí丬Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekí丬Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kíí丬Tchaouroukíí丬ǸcàBaàtɛkéé丬ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàkéko丬"
},
{
"word": "kéé丬Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ke丬Kétu"
},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákéé丬Ìmẹ̀kọkéé丬Kétukéé丬Ifɛ̀Akpárékí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬Atakpamɛkí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬Bokokí丬Est-Monokí丬"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí ni丬Moretankí丬Tchettikí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬KuraAwotébikɛ́li丬丬Partagokɛ́lì丬丬Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́丬Northern NagoKambolekéí丬丬"
},
{
"word": "ké丬丬Manigrikéí丬丬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"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"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",
"pos": "pron",
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"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba multiword terms",
"Yoruba pronouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yoruba terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"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丬"
},
{
"word": "kí à丬"
},
{
"word": "kí rìn丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ìn丬Northwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkí丬Ọ̀tàkí丬Agégekí丬Ìlogbò Erémikí丬Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkákéé丬"
},
{
"word": "bé丬"
},
{
"word": "kẹ丬"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "ko丬ÈkóÈkókí ni丬ÌbàdànÌbàdànkí ni丬ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí ni丬Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí ni丬Ọ̀fàkí ni丬ÌlọrinÌlọrinkí ni丬OǹkóÒtùkí ni丬Ìwéré Ilékí丬Òkèhòkí ni丬Ìsẹ́yìnkí ni丬Ṣakíkí ni丬Tedékín ni丬Ìgbẹ́tìkín ni丬Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí ni丬Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kí ni丬Ìkirèkí ni丬Ìwókí ni丬Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí ni丬Bɛ̀nɛ̀kí ni丬Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbakí丬Ede Languages"
},
{
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekí丬Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kíí丬Tchaouroukíí丬ǸcàBaàtɛkéé丬ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàkéko丬"
},
{
"word": "kéé丬Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ke丬Kétu"
},
{
"word": "ÀnàgóÌlárákéé丬Ìmẹ̀kọkéé丬Kétukéé丬Ifɛ̀Akpárékí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬Atakpamɛkí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬Bokokí丬Est-Monokí丬"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "kí ni丬Moretankí丬Tchettikí丬"
},
{
"word": "kí ni丬KuraAwotébikɛ́li丬丬Partagokɛ́lì丬丬Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́丬Northern NagoKambolekéí丬丬"
},
{
"word": "ké丬丬Manigrikéí丬丬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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