kaki

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːki/, /ˈkæki/

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• Homophone: khaki
• Rhymes: -ɑːki

Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki).

kaki (plural kakis)

1. a persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).

From Malay kaki (“legs, feet, accomplices”). Unrelated to Hokkien and Teochew 家己人 (ka-kī-lâng / ga¹ gi⁷ nang⁵, “one of us”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑki/

kaki (plural kakis)

1. (Singlish) A close friend, or group of friends with a shared common interest.
   • 2000, Dennis Wee, Sylvia Fong, Making Luck with Your Hands, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore, page 59:

     My usual mahjong kaki.

   • 2000 July 2, Yeow Kai Chai, The Sunday Times (Sunday Plus), quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 5:

     He has his posse of stylist-kakis.

   • 2023, Narayanan Ganapathy, quoting an Omega gang member, Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance, Bristol University Press, →ISBN, page 127:

     That’s why gang members always move as a group, because when your group is big … when your enemy sees you with many kakis [peers], they will also think want to attack you or not […]

kaki

1. Misspelling of khaki.

• kaik

From Proto-Malayic *kaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

• IPA^(key): /kaki/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ki

kaki

1. leg
2. (anatomy) foot
3. foot (unit of measure)

• (part of the body): batis

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkakɪ]

kaki n (indeclinable)

1. persimmon fruit

   Synonyms: tomel, churma

From Latin cacō, Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́ω (kăkkắō), Italian cacare, German kacken, English cack, Polish kakać, Russian какать (kakatʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/
• Rhymes: -aki
• Hyphenation: ka‧ki

kaki (present kakas, past kakis, future kakos, conditional kakus, volitive kaku)

1. (informal) to defecate, poop

   Synonym: feki

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑki/, [ˈkɑ̝k̟i]
• Rhymes: -ɑki
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ki
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ki

Borrowing from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

kaki

1. persimmon

• kakiluumu
• persimon
• persimoni
• sharon

• “kaki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

kaki

1. inflection of kakkia:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ka.ki/

Borrowing from Japanese 柿 (kaki); brought over from Japan in the nineteenth century.

kaki m (plural kakis)

1. persimmon, Sharon fruit
2. a persimmon tree

Spelling evolved from khaki which was brought into French usage from the English, Hindu, Urdu and Persian word.

• khaki (archaic)

kaki m or f (plural kakis)

1. the colour khaki

kaki (plural kakis)

1. of the colour khaki

• “kaki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• khaki

Borrowed from English khaki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːki/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧ki

kaki (indeclinable)

1. khaki (color)

• “kaki” in Duden online
• “kaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Clipping and -i diminutive of kaka (“excrement”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒki]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ki
• Rhymes: -ki

kaki (plural kakik)

1. (informal, often childish) poo, poop (feces)

• (feces): kaki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (alternative form of khaki): kaki , redirecting to khaki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• akik

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kaki.

• IPA^(key): /kakɪi̯/

kaki

1. (anatomy) leg; foot

• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[2], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/ [ˈka.ki]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ka‧ki

Inherited from Malay kaki, from Proto-Malayic *kaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. foot (short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it)

   kaki meja ― table leg

3. foot (the base or bottom of anything)

   kaki bukit ― foothill

4. foot (a unit of measure equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres)
5. (anatomy) leg

   Synonym: tungkai

kaki

1. (rare) used to count umbrellas

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)

1. alternative form of kakek (“grandfather”)

From Japanese 柿(かき) (kaki, “persimmon”).

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)

1. persimmon

   Synonym: kesemek

From Dutch kaki (“khaki”), from Hindi ख़ाकी (xākī) / Urdu خاکی (xākī), from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)

1. alternative form of khaki

• “kaki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kaki (invariable)

1. alternative form of cachi

kaki m (invariable)

1. alternative form of cachi

kaki

1. Rōmaji transcription of かき
2. Rōmaji transcription of カキ

From Proto-Slavic *kakъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkakʲi/

kaki

1. what?, what kind of?, what sort of?

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/ [ˈka.ki]

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• Rhymes: -aki

From Proto-Malayic *kaki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay (compare Cia-Cia kake), from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay. Change from *q to *k is irregular, the expected reflex would be *hahai or *hahi.

kaki (Jawi spelling کاکي, plural kaki-kaki)

1. (anatomy) foot (part of body), leg

   gelang kaki: anklet

   mata kaki: ankle

   1. a short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

      kaki meja: table leg

2. bottom, low or base part of something

   kaki langit: horizon

   kaki gunung: base of a mountain

   kaki dadih: whey

3. (in compounds) person with an affinity to something

   kaki wayang: cinephile

   kaki botol: drunkard

4. foot (unit of measure)

kaki (Jawi spelling کاکي, singular sekaki)

1. Classifier for items with a long base and a blooming or rising head such as flowers, umbrellas or mushrooms

• Indonesian: kaki
• → Acehnese: gaki
• → Banjarese: kaki
• → Min Nan: 腳距／脚距 (kioh-kī)

From Japanese 柿 (kaki).

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)

1. Ellipsis of pisang kaki — persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).

   Synonym: kesemek

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاکي kaki”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 74-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاکي kaki”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 496-7
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaki”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 496

• “kaki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from English khaki.

kaki m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) khaki

From English khaki.

kaki m (definite singular kakien, uncountable)

1. khaki

kaki (definite and plural kaki or kakie)

1. khaki

kaki m (definite singular kakien, indefinite plural kakiar, definite plural kakiane)

1. (botany) a persimmon

• akki, kika

kaki

1. Bird.

• Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima", in R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake: The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

Borrowed from English kaki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ki/

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• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ka‧ki
• Homophone: khaki

kaki n (indeclinable)

1. Japanese persimmon, kaki (fruit)

   Synonyms: persymona, szaron

2. Japanese persimmon, kaki (tree)

   Synonyms: hebanowiec, hurma, persymona, szaron

• kaki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kaki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kaki.

• IPA^(key): /kaki/

kaki

1. (anatomy) leg; foot

Borrowed from French kaki.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈki/

kaki m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. khaki

kaki n (uncountable)

1. khaki (colour)

Borrowed from French kaki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/

kaki n (uncountable)

1. persimmon

Borrowed from Malay kaki (“foot”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈki/ [kɐˈxɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧ki

kakí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)

1. foot-tapping; beating tempo with the feet

   Synonym: pagkaki

• kumpas

Borrowed from Spanish caqui, from English khaki, ultimately from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/ [ˈkaː.xɪ]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ka‧ki

kaki (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)

1. khaki
2. (military) khakis

kaki (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)

1. khaki

• “kaki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 425.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page xv

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ ki˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ kɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ kɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ca ki

kaki

1. alternative form of ca-ki