-ki
Azerbaijani
Suffix
-ki
- (+ genitive) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "that which belongs to."
- (+ locative) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "(the one) that is at/in."
- Öndəkini bəyəndim.
- I like the one at the front.
Basque
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ki
- fragment, piece
- Forms nouns with a given number of components.
- meat (as food)
- Forms nouns denoting objects used to perform an action.
- produce, yield
- baratze (“orchard”) + -ki → barazki (“vegetable”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ki
Derived terms
References
- R. L. Trask (2008) “-ki”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 250
Estonian
Adverb
-ki
- alternative form of -gi
Usage notes
This form is used after voiceless consonants. After voiced consonants and vowels, the form -gi is used.
Finnish
Suffix
-ki (clitic)
- (colloquial) alternative form of -kin
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-kik. Cognates include Finnish -kin and Estonian -gi.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-ki/, [-ki]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-ki/, [-ki]
Particle
-ki
- also, too, as well
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
- Peenet lapset i neki talvia evät pölkää.
- Little children, even they aren't afraid of the winter.
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 163
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[1], →ISBN, page 18
Japanese
Romanization
-ki
Mokilese
Suffix
-ki
- An "associative suffix" with the following uses:
- Allows an intransitive verb to specify the instrument by which an action was performed
- -ki → ngoah poalpoalki jiloapas (“I am chopping with an axe”)
- Allows a stative verb to specify a person affected by the state
- Inoangpase mwehu. (“This story is good.”) + -ki → Ngoah mwehuki inoangpase (“I like this story”)
- Allows a stative verb to specify the cause of the state
- -ki → Ngoah koakoahkki oai doadoahk (“I'm tired because of my work”)
- Turns an intransitive verb transitive
- Allows an intransitive verb to specify the instrument by which an action was performed
Derived terms
References
- Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese Reference Grammar, University of Hawaii Press 1977
Nǀuu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-ki
References
- Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary
- Güldemann, Tom. “"Back to normal?" - ditransitives in the Tuu family.” (2007).
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *-ukô.
Suffix
-ki m
- (rare) diminutive suffix
- bjǫrn (“bear”) + -ki → bjarki (“little bear, bearlet”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ki
- alternative form of -gi (“not”)
Pipil
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ki/
Suffix
-ki
Usage notes
- The suffix -ki is used with Class I verbs (consonant stem), whereas the truncated suffix -k is used with Class II verbs (vowel-stem):
- panu → panuk
See also
- -ket (plural suffix)
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
- Homophone: ki
Suffix
-ki m
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
| nominative | -ki | -ka | -kie | -cy | -kie | |
| genitive | -kiego | -kiej | -kiego | -kich | ||
| dative | -kiemu | -kiej | -kiemu | -kim | ||
| accusative | -kiego | -ki | -ką | -kie | -kich | -kie |
| instrumental | -kim | -ką | -kim | -kimi | ||
| locative | -kim | -kiej | -kim | -kich | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ـكی (-ki), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـكی (ki), ـكم (kim).
Suffix
-ki
- (+ genitive) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "that which belongs to."
- onların (“their”) + -ki → onlarınki (“theirs”)
- babamın (“my dad's (determinative)”) + -ki → babamınki (“my dad's (substantive)”)
- (+ locative) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "(the one) that is at/in."
- Synonym: olan
- Sağdakini beğendim.
- I like the one on the right.
Usage notes
This use of -ki is invariable with respect to vowel and consonant harmony, except after the vowel ü: bugün + -ki → bugünkü.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -kiler | |
| definite accusative | -kini | -kilerini |
| dative | -kine | -kilerine |
| locative | -kinde | -kilerinde |
| ablative | -kinden | -kilerinden |
| genitive | -kinin | -kilerinin |
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1064
Etymology 2
Back-formation from baklavaki and cacıki, pseudo-Hellenisms in reference to the conflict between Greeks and Turks over their culinary culture.
Suffix
-ki
- (originally Internet slang) added arbitrarily to words to make pseudo-Hellenisms
- gururumuz (“our pride”) + -ki → (pseudo-Hellenism) gururumuzki (“id.”)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-kik. Cognates include Finnish -kin, Estonian Estonian -gi.
Adverb
-ki