kī
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
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kiː/
Adverb
kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (interrogative) how?
- 𒆠 𒈠𒍢 [kī maṣi?] ― ki ma-ṣi ― how many/how much?
- 𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠
- [kī 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 [kī ḫabil!] ― ki-i ha-bil ― How has he been wronged! (= What a pity!)
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Preposition
kī (from Old Akkadian on)
- as, like, in the manner of, according to
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References
- “kî”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kī”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
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
kī
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *tii (“throw; spurt”).
Verb
kī(transitive)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
kī
Etymology 4
Noun
kī
Further reading
- kī in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Japanese
Romanization
kī
Khiamniungan Naga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki³³/
Verb
kī
Maori
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiː/
Etymology 1
Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui kī, Hawaiian ʻī, Tahitian i.
Verb
kī
Noun
kī
Etymology 2
Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.
Noun
kī
- (stative) to be full
Etymology 3
Noun
kī
Verb
kī
Zacatepec Chatino
Noun
kī