"ki ni" meaning in Yoruba

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ki_ni-yo-pron-4bx3bIjq",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what is?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kí nĩ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki ni"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba compound terms",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "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/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ki ni"
}