kio

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ki‧o

kio (accusative kion)

1. what (the interrogative and relative correlative of objects)
2. which

   Mi daŭrigis mian laboron, ĝis kiam iu knabo aŭ virino diris "bagus, bagus", kio signifas "tre bela".

   I continued my work, until some boy or woman said "bagus, bagus", which means "very pretty".

• Like other correlatives of objects, and unlike English what, kio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.
• The plural forms kioj and kiojn are nonstandard and rare.

• kio ajn (“whatever”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.o/, [ˈti.jo]

Compare Maori tio (“to call (of a bird)”). Probably onomatopoeic. See also Proto-Polynesian *kio (“chirp, cheep”), from Proto-Austronesian *kiaw (“puling sound of a bird”), the expected outcome of which would be **ʻio.

kio

1. (intransitive) to cheep, to chirp

• hōkio (“whistle”, verb)

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kio

1. projection, protuberance

• hoʻokio (“project”, verb)

From Proto-Polynesian *tio (“oyster”), from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom (“oyster”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm (“oyster”). Compare Maori tio (“rock oyster”), Malay tiram (“oyster”).

kio

1. worm snail

   Synonym: kaunaʻoa

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kio”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
• kio in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tio”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

From Hokkien 轎／轿 (kiō, “litter”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkio̯]
• Hyphenation: kio

kio (plural kio-kio)

1. litter (portable bed or couch used for transport)

   Synonyms: pelangkin, tandu

• “kio” 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.

kio

1. chicken

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

From -kia (“hear”).

kio class 5 (plural mahio class 6)

1. ear

• “kio” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

• kieo

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kiɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kijɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {kiyew}

kio

1. orange colored

kio

1. the color orange

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

kio

1. how (used as modifier to indicate surprise, delight or other strong feeling)