ki

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

• ti

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

1. Ti, a plant native to the Pacific islands and China, Cordyline fruticosa.

ki (uncountable)

1. (Britain, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”)
   • 1917, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal (volumes 34-35, page 217)

     At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.

From former romanizations of Mandarin Chinese 氣 (qì).

ki (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) Alternative form of chi
   • 1983, George A. Kirby, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art (page 19)

     If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.

• IK, Ik

ki

1. Alternative form of aki

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau

ki

1. bone

• R. D. Shaw, The Bosavi Language Family (1986), in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (D. C. Laycock et al., eds.), number 24

From Persian که‎ (ke).

• IPA^(key): [ki]
• (Karakbakh) IPA^(key): [kin]

ki

1. that

   Mən bilirəm ki, bu düzdür.

   I know that this is right.

   O mənə demişdir ki, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. Amma olmadı.

   He told me that everything would be fine. But it wasn't.

2. to, in order to, so that

   Mən oraya getmişdim ki, lazım olanları alım.

   I went there to buy whatever was needed.

   Onlar onu evə göndərdilər ki, heç kim onu görməsin.

   They sent him home so that nobody would see him.

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

ki m (plural chas or kon)

1. dog

   Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.

   The dog is sleeping here.

• kiez

• kei
• ky

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

• IPA^(key): [kiː]

ki m (plural keun)

1. dog

• morgi

ki

1. again, too, more
2. furthermore, moreover

ki

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including trees and some objects such as knives

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ki

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   Lekki ki ― the tree

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ki

1. (used in indicating something)

   Ki lekki ― this/that tree

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ki

1. who

From French qui.

ki

1. what

ki

1. (relative) who, which

• This word as a pronoun is always the subject of the relative clause.

• IPA^(key): [ˈki]

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From Proto-Ugric.

ki

1. out

• kifelé

From Proto-Uralic *ke, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Ter Sami kie are derived.

ki

1. (interrogative) who
2. (relative, archaic or formal) who
   • 1916, Mihály Babits, Új könyvekre, stanza 2:

     Gondoljatok arra, kit messze rejtek / rejt tőletek, ki ha kóstolja bortok / nem érzi már ízét sem; és ha szóltok / nem érti, s más összhang mit vágya kerget.

ki

1. Rōmaji transcription of き
2. Rōmaji transcription of キ

Clipping of iki.

ki

1. (colloquial) this, these

From Portuguese que.

ki

1. than
2. that
3. which

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

ki (transliteration needed)

1. moon

From Portuguese que.

• IPA^(key): /ki/

ki

1. (interrogative) what (what thing)
2. (relative) that; which

ki

1. to, toward.

From French qui.

ki

1. (relative) who
2. (relative) what

• kifer

• kisann-la

From French que.

ki

1. than
2. that

ki

1. Alternative form of qui
   • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:

     ki trop i prent son tens i pert

     He who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué.

ki

1. what

ki

1. say
2. look

From Bengali [Term?].

ki

1. what

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)

1. (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who

• koji

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + relative particle *yos.

• IPA^(key): /ki/

ki

1. who, which, that (relative)

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

ki

1. it is

From English key.

ki

1. key

• IPA^(key): /ki/

ki

1. to (in the dative sense)

Borrowed from Persian که‎ (ke).

• IPA^(key): /ci/

ki

1. that

Reduced form of iki.

ki

1. two (short form of iki)

   bir-ki-üç-dört

   one-two-three-four

From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

• IPA^(key): [ki]

ki

1. you (second person singular)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ki˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɪj˧˧]

From French quille.

(classifier con) ki

1. (bowling) a pin

(classifier con) ki

1. (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Synonym of chó (“dog”) (animal)

   ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog