See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-).

Pronunciation

Adverb

(from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. (interrogative) how?
    𒆠 𒈠𒍢 [ maṣi?]ki ma-ṣihow many/how much?
    𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠
    [ ana ṣērīya lā tallakam]
    ki-i a-na ṣe₂-ri-ia la ta-al-la-ka-am
    how does it happen that you're not coming to me?
    𒆠𒄿 𒄩𒉈 [ ḫabil!]ki-i ha-bilHow has he been wronged! (= What a pity!)

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒆠𒄿 (ki-i)
  • 𒆠 (ki)
  • 𒆠𒂊 (ke-e)
  • 𒀀𒆠𒂊 (a-ke-e)
  • 𒀀𒆠𒄿 (a-ki-i)

Preposition

(from Old Akkadian on)

  1. as, like, in the manner of, according to

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒆠 (ki)
  • 𒆠𒄿 (ki-i)

References

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkiː/, [ˈtiː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tii (ti plant), from Proto-Oceanic *jiʀi (ti plant), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siʀi (shrub of the genus Cordyline or Dracaena).

Noun

  1. ti (Cordyline fruticosa)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tii (throw; spurt).

Verb

(transitive)

  1. to shoot
  2. to aim
  3. to squirt
  4. to blow from the mouth, to spit
  5. (Kauaʻi) to travel fast, to hurry
Derived terms
  • hoʻokī (causative form)
  • kikī (flow swiftly)
  • kīkī (reduplicated form)

Etymology 3

From English key.

Noun

  1. key

Etymology 4

From English tea.

Noun

  1. tea

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キー

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki³³/

Verb

  1. (Patsho) live
  2. (Patsho) state of having something

Maori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui , Hawaiian ʻī, Tahitian i.

Verb

  1. to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate

Noun

  1. saying, word

Etymology 2

Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.

Noun

  1. (stative) to be full

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English key.

Noun

  1. key

Verb

  1. to lock
  2. (stative) to be locked

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

  1. grass