kiyi

See also: ki-yi

English

Etymology

From the pronunciation of the abbreviation KIA (killed in action).

Noun

kiyi (plural kiyis)

  1. (US military slang) An official letter informing of a person killed in action.
    • 1940s, Sam Glanzman, "The Kiyi",[1] in Our Army at War #258,[2] July 1973:
      You know that Doc's been treating him for melancholy and depression... ever since he got that kiyi about his son... [...] Kiyi: K.I.A.: Killed In Action letter from the War Dept.

References
  1. Reprinted in Sam Glanzman, U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, Dover Publications, 2016, →ISBN, p. 170–173.
  2. Our Army at War #258 at the Grand Comics Database

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English key.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkí.ji/

Noun

kíyi class 9 (plural makíyi class 6)

  1. key

Javanese

Alternative forms

Determiner

kiyi

  1. (dialectal) this, these
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