kien

See also: kiến and Kiên

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kien

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Esperanto

Etymology

kie +‎ -n

Pronunciation
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Adverb

kien

  1. whither, to where (interrogative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kien can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kien ajn thus means "(to) wherever" or "whitherever".

Javanese

Determiner

kien

  1. (Cirebon) this, these

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ‎ (kāna).

Verb

kien (imperfect ikun)

  1. to be

Usage notes
  • When used as an independent verb, the imperfect form of kien has the sense of the future: Inkun miljunarju. – “I will be a millionaire.” The present tense is expressed by the subject pronouns without a verb: Jien miljunarju. – “I am a millionaire.”
  • As a subordinate verb, the imperfect of kien is used in the normal fashion: Irrid inkun miljunarju. – “I want to be a millionaire.” The same is true of the perfect: Kont miljunarju. — “I was a millionaire.”

Inflection
conjugation of kien
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect kont kont kien kienet konna kontu kienu
imperfect inkun tkun ikun tkun nkunu tkunu ikunu
imperative kun kunu

Middle English

Noun

kien

  1. Alternative form of kyne

Volapük

Noun

kien (plural kiens)

  1. knee

Declension
declension of kien
singular plural
nominative kien kiens
genitive kiena kienas
dative kiene kienes
accusative kieni kienis
vocative 1 o kien! o kiens!
predicative 2 kienu kienus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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