če

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Istro-Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/

Pronoun

če

  1. what

Pumpokol

Noun

če

  1. salt

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₁, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin quī (how? why?), Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬱 (ciš), Old Saxon hwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɛ/

Conjunction

če

  1. (Kajkavian) if
    Synonym: ako
    • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala:
      I če je sunce čas,
      Za oblak taki zajde.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₁, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin quī (how? why?), Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬱 (ciš), Old Saxon hwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛ/

Conjunction

če

  1. if (supposing that, in the case that)

Further reading

  • če”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

čȅ

  1. third-person singular present of hoteti

Tsafiki

Pronoun

če

  1. I; the first-person singular pronoun used by children

Coordinate terms

  • la (first-person singular masculine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult men)
  • čiʰké (first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women)
  • čiʰke-lá (first-person plural pronoun)

References

  • The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)