# kuni
## Estonian
### Etymology

The ku- stem (from Proto-Finnic *ku-) with the terminative case suffix -ni. Compare Finnish kunnes and Votic kuniz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuni/, [ˈkunʲi]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: ku‧ni

### Adverb

kuni (not comparable)
* up to, to (emphasising the limit of attainability of a phenomenon, a situation)
    Saal mahutab kuni 500 inimest. ― The hall can accommodate up to 500 people.
    Ma võin jääda siia kuni nädalaks. ― I could stay here for up to a week.
    Mäed on kuni kilomeeter kõrged. ― The mountains are up to a kilometre high.
    Heinamaa ulatus sooservast kuni põllu äärde välja. ― The grassland extended from the edge of the bog to the edge of the field.
    Nähtus ulatub tagasi kuni esiajaloolisse aega. ― The phenomenon dates back to prehistoric times.

#### Derived terms

* kuniks

### Conjunction

kuni
* Indicating the time until which the action or situation expressed in the main clause will take place: until, till
    Magasin, kuni mind äratati. ― I slept until I was woken up.
    Tee seda, kuni pole hilja! ― Do it until it's not too late!
    Seni linnuke lendab, kuni ta pesa leiab. ― The bird flies till he finds a nest.
    Ta ootas, kuni teised järele jõudsid. ― He waited until the others caught up.
* (uncommon) while
* Linking words or phrases that indicate the scope of something: to
    Mul läheb aega veel viis kuni kümme minutit. ― It will take me another five to ten minutes.
    Kümne kuni kaheteistkümne päeva pärast kirjutatakse ta haiglast välja. ― After ten to twelve days (s)he will be discharged from hospital.
    kuue- kuni kaheksa-aastased lapsed ― children aged six to eight
    Seene kübar on kollakas- kuni kahvatupruun. ― The mushroom cap is yellowish to pale brown.

### Preposition

kuni (+ terminative case)
* up to, to; until, till (emphasises the boundary marked by a noun up to which something occurs)
    Saadan sind kuni järgmise tänavanurgani. ― I'll walk you to the next street corner.
    Käed olid kuni küünarnukkideni sidemeis. ― My hands were bandaged up to the elbows.
    Töötasin sellel kohal kuni 1965. aastani. ― I worked at this place until 1965.
    Pidutseti kuni keskööni. ― They partied till midnight.
    Ma ei unusta seda kuni surmatunnini. ― I won't forget it till the hour of my death.
    See komme on säilinud kuni tänapäevani. ― This custom has survived to this day.
    Kotka tiibade siruulatus küünib kuni 2 meetrini. ― The eagle's wingspan reaches up to 2 metres.
    Kõik oli kuni pisiasjadeni läbi mõeldud. ― Everything was planned down to the last detail.
    Võttis riided kuni särgini seljast. ― He took his clothes off down to his shirt.

#### Usage notes

The preposition can be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence, due to the terminative case, which the preposition takes, having the exact same function.

### References

* kuni in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “kuni”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuni/, [ˈkuni]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: ku‧ni

### Conjunction

kuni (poetic or dialectal)
* Alternative form of kuin.

### Particle

kuni (poetic or dialectal)
* Alternative form of kuin.
** 1954, “Ruusuja lurjukselta”, in Veikko Lavi (lyrics), Ruusuja Lurjukselta / Espanjan Muistoja / Raiteilta Poissa / Kaunis Marie‎, performed by Tapio Rautavaara:Siellä lapset olivat kauniit, / ja mies kuni filmistäThere the children were beautiful, / and the man like in the movies

## Gothic
### Romanization

kuni
* Romanization of 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kù.nîː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kʷʊ̀.nîː]

### Noun

kùnî m (possessed form kùnîn)
* (pharmacology) quinine

## Japanese
### Romanization

kuni
* Rōmaji transcription of くに

## Polish
### Etymology

From kuna +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.ɲi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɲi
* Syllabification: ku‧ni

### Adjective

kuni (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (relational) marten (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of martens)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kuni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kuni (Cyrillic spelling куни)
* dative/locative singular of kuna

### Verb

kuni (Cyrillic spelling куни)
* second-person singular imperative of kleti

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kuni
* plural of ukuni: firewood