kimi
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧mi
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كِبِی (gibi, gebi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, example, image”).
cognates
Alternative forms
Postposition
kimi
- like, as, such as
- 1906, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Türk Birliyi [Turkic Unity]; republished Baku: Şərq-Qərb, 2005, page 64:
- Xeyr, eyib sizə olsun ki, bu kibi eşşəyi meydana çıxarıb vəkil seçməyi təklif edirsiniz.
- No, shame on you for dragging out a donkey like him and suggesting that he be elected as a deputy.
- as soon as
- 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər[1], Baku: Şərq-Qərb, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:
- Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.
- The woman disappeared as soon as she said what she had to say.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
kimi
- accusative singular of kim (“who”)
Further reading
- “kimi” in Obastan.com.
Icelandic
Noun
kimi m (genitive singular kima, nominative plural kimar)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kimi | kiminn | kimar | kimarnir |
accusative | kima | kimann | kima | kimana |
dative | kima | kimanum | kimum | kimunum |
genitive | kima | kimans | kima | kimanna |
Further reading
- “kimi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Jamamadí
Noun
kimi
- (Banawá) corn
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
Romanization
kimi
Mokilese
Pronoun
kimi
- first person exclusive remote plural; all of us, not including you
Usage notes
Like other remote plural pronouns, kimi is rare. It is used to refer to the speaker and a large group of people who are not present, but not the person the speaker is talking to.
See also
singular | 1st person | ngoah, ngoahi | |
---|---|---|---|
2nd person | koah, koawoa | ||
3rd person | ih | ||
dual | 1st person exclusive | kisa | |
1st person inclusive | kama | ||
2nd person | kamwa | ||
3rd person | ara, ira | ||
plural | 1st person exclusive | kisai | |
1st person inclusive | kamai | ||
2nd person | kamwai | ||
3rd person | arai, irai | ||
remote plural | 1st person exclusive | kihs | |
1st person inclusive | kimi | ||
2nd person | kimwi | ||
3rd person | ihr |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀓𑀺𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- किमि (Devanagari script)
- কিমি (Bengali script)
- කිමි (Sinhalese script)
- ကိမိ or ၵိမိ (Burmese script)
- กิมิ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩥᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ກິມິ (Lao script)
- កិមិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄨𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.
Noun
kimi m
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [cimi]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧mi
Adjective
kimi (not comparable)
- some; an unspecified quantity or number of.
Noun
kimi
- definite accusative singular of kim
Synonyms
Volapük
Pronoun
kimi
- whom (accusative)
Yogad
Noun
kimí