# ki
## Translingual
### Symbol

ki
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.

## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian ki.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiː/
* Rhymes: -iː

#### Noun

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)
* A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ki (plural kis)
* Alternative form of key (a kilogram)
** 2005, Dave Courtney, Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 113:And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.'
** 2006, Graham Johnson, Druglord: Guns, Powder and Pay-Offs, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 93:But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.
** 2012, Kim K., Rise of an American Gangstress, Bellport, N.Y.: Melodrama Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:Hopefully, she would be able to save up just enough to buy her own half a ki of coke. And from there, the sky would be the limit.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ki (uncountable)
* (UK, 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.

### Etymology 4

From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiː/

#### Noun

ki (uncountable)
* (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.

##### Related terms

* reiki

### See also

* ki-yi
* yippee ki-yay

### Anagrams

* ik, Ik, IK

## Abenaki
### Noun

ki
* Alternative form of aki

### References

* Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 40

## Aimele
### Noun

ki
* bone

### Further reading

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

## Albanian
### Verb

ki
* second-person singular imperative of kam

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Classical Persian که (kē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ci]
* (Karabakh) IPA: [cin]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

ki
* 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.
* 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.

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki, from Proto-Austronesian *ki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki/ [ˈki]

### Preposition

ki (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒ)
* (formal, Naga) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    An kantang ini, para ki papa.This song's for (my) father.
    Yaon ki ate an selpon mo.Your sister has your cellphone.
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
    Nagkaon sana kami ki pamahawan.We just ate breakfast.
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) of (expressing possession)
    Nagkaon ki sira an ikos.The cat ate a fish.

#### Synonyms

* (used to mark oblique cases): kay
* (indirect or object marker): nin, -ng

#### Derived terms

* ki isay
* ki sa
* ki siisay

#### See also

* kan

## Breton
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ki m (plural chas or kon)
* dog
    Ar c'hi zo o kousket amañ.The dog is sleeping here.

#### Derived terms

* aourgi
* kiez

### Mutation
## Cornish
### Alternative forms

* kei
* ky

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kiː]

### Noun

ki m (plural keun)
* dog

#### Derived terms

* morgi

### Mutation
## Danish
### Noun

ki c
* Initialism of kunstig intelligens.

#### Synonyms

* KI
* AI (anglicism)

### References

* “ki” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dena'ina
### Adverb

ki
* again, too, more
* furthermore, moreover

## Eastern Ojibwa
### Etymology

cf. Ojibwe aki

### Noun

ki inan
* earth

### References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 177

## Fijian
### Preposition

ki
* to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places)
* at (used for locations)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (compare English chi), ultimately from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki(ː)/, [ˈk̟i(ː)]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: ki

### Noun

ki
* chi, qi (life force in Chinese medicine)

#### Declension

When pronounced /kiː/:
Possessive forms of ki (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kini
kini
accusative
nom.
kini
kini
gen.
kini
genitive
kini
kideni kitteni
partitive
kitäni
kitäni
inessive
kissäni
kissäni
elative
kistäni
kistäni
illative
kiini
kihini
adessive
killäni
killäni
ablative
kiltäni
kiltäni
allative
killeni
killeni
essive
kinäni
kinäni
translative
kikseni
kikseni
abessive
kittäni
kittäni
instructive
comitative
—kineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kisi
kisi
accusative
nom.
kisi
kisi
gen.
kisi
genitive
kisi
kidesi kittesi
partitive
kitäsi
kitäsi
inessive
kissäsi
kissäsi
elative
kistäsi
kistäsi
illative
kiisi
kihisi
adessive
killäsi
killäsi
ablative
kiltäsi
kiltäsi
allative
killesi
killesi
essive
kinäsi
kinäsi
translative
kiksesi
kiksesi
abessive
kittäsi
kittäsi
instructive
comitative
—kinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kimme
kimme
accusative
nom.
kimme
kimme
gen.
kimme
genitive
kimme
kidemme kittemme
partitive
kitämme
kitämme
inessive
kissämme
kissämme
elative
kistämme
kistämme
illative
kiimme
kihimme
adessive
killämme
killämme
ablative
kiltämme
kiltämme
allative
killemme
killemme
essive
kinämme
kinämme
translative
kiksemme
kiksemme
abessive
kittämme
kittämme
instructive
comitative
—kinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kinne
kinne
accusative
nom.
kinne
kinne
gen.
kinne
genitive
kinne
kidenne kittenne
partitive
kitänne
kitänne
inessive
kissänne
kissänne
elative
kistänne
kistänne
illative
kiinne
kihinne
adessive
killänne
killänne
ablative
kiltänne
kiltänne
allative
killenne
killenne
essive
kinänne
kinänne
translative
kiksenne
kiksenne
abessive
kittänne
kittänne
instructive
comitative
—kinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kinsä
kinsä
accusative
nom.
kinsä
kinsä
gen.
kinsä
genitive
kinsä
kidensä kittensä
partitive
kitään kitänsä
kitään kitänsä
inessive
kissään kissänsä
kissään kissänsä
elative
kistään kistänsä
kistään kistänsä
illative
kiinsä
kihinsä
adessive
killään killänsä
killään killänsä
ablative
kiltään kiltänsä
kiltään kiltänsä
allative
killeen killensä
killeen killensä
essive
kinään kinänsä
kinään kinänsä
translative
kikseen kiksensä
kikseen kiksensä
abessive
kittään kittänsä
kittään kittänsä
instructive
comitative
—kineen kinensä :

## Fula
### Suffix

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

#### Usage notes

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

### Article

ki
* (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Lekki ki ― the tree

#### Usage notes

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

### Determiner

ki
* (used in indicating something)
    Ki lekki ― this/that tree

#### Usage notes

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

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Pronoun

ki
* who

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French qui.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

### Determiner

ki
* what

### Pronoun

ki
* (relative) who, which

#### Usage notes

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

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of ki – see 枝 (“branch; twig; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 枝).

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈki]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ki

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adverb

ki (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkijjebb)
* out, not inside, from the inside, in an outward direction
    Antonym: be

##### Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

##### Derived terms

* ki-be
* kifelé

#### See also

$^1$ Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…). $^2$ Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations. $^3$ Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronoun

ki
* (interrogative) who (what person or people; which person or people)
* (relative, archaic) Synonym of aki (“who”, the person or people that)
** 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.
       (literally) Think of the one who is hidden from you by a distant hideout, who when tasting your wine will not sense its savor anymore, [who] will not understand when you speak to him, and it’s a different harmony [that] his desire pursues.
* (relative, archaic) Synonym of az, aki (“who”, whoever, he/she who, they who)
    ki korán kel, aranyat lel ― the early bird gets the worm (literally, “whoever gets up early finds gold”)
* (paired) some (referring to people)
    Ki erre, ki arra szaladt. ― Some ran this way; some, the other way.

##### Derived terms

* akárki
* aki
* bárki
* ki-ki
* kicsoda
* kiféle
* kilét
* mindenki
* senki
* valaki
* kétszer ad, ki gyorsan ad
* ki korán kel, aranyat lel
* ki mint vet, úgy arat

#### See also

$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns /

### Further reading

* (who): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (out): ki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch quu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/, [ki]

### Noun

ki (plural ki-ki)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

#### Synonyms

* kiu (Standard Malay)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

### Further reading

* “ki” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

ki
* The hiragana syllable き (ki) or the katakana syllable キ (ki) in Hepburn romanization.

## Javanese
### Etymology

Clipping of iki.

### Determiner

ki
* (colloquial) this, these

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese que.

### Pronoun

ki
* that
* which

### Conjunction

ki
* than

## Kristang
### Etymology

From Portuguese que.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

### Pronoun

ki
* (interrogative) what (what thing)
* (relative) that; which

## Laz
### Conjunction

ki
* Latin spelling of ქი (ki)

## Maori
### Particle

ki
* to, toward.

#### Derived terms

* ki waho - out, outside

### Further reading

* “ki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology 1

From French qui.

#### Pronoun

ki
* (relative) who
* (relative) what

##### Derived terms

* kifer

#### See also

* kisann-la

### Etymology 2

From French que.

#### Particle

ki
* than
* that

## Mohawk
### Pronoun

ki
* this

## Nǀuu
### Alternative forms

* kyi

### Pronoun

ki
* it

### Verb

ki
* have
    Na ki maariI have a money

### References

* Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
* Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

## Old French
### Pronoun

ki
* Alternative spelling of qui
** 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 1, column 2, line 16:ki trop i prent son tens i pertHe who spends too much of his time on it suffers as a result
** c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet tremblerSuch a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver
** 10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page CCLVIII :Cil sunt vassal ki les oz ajusterent.Great was the courage of the ones who joined these two armies in battle

## Pacoh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kiː]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Katuic *kii (“that”). Cognate with Eastern Bru ki (“that, then, there”), Semelai ke ("that"), Besisi ke ("that"), and possibly Vietnamese cái (general classifier, focus marker).

#### Determiner

ki
* (Pahi Tamprin) that/those
    Synonym: cốh
    ingay ki ― that day

#### Particle

ki
* (Pahi Tamprin) used as link in topic-comment constructions, "topicalizer".
    Synonym: cốh
    Along ngcốh ki két.That tree is small.(literally, “As for that tree, [it's] small.”)

#### Adverb

ki
* (Pahi Tamprin) so; then
    Synonym: cốh
    Ki ngai pôq tốq vel.Then they went to village.

##### Derived terms

* aki
* iki
* ngki

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Katuic *kii, *ʔakii (“horn”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkɛː (“horn”) (whence Bahnar ake, hơke) and Proto-Vietic *t-keː (whence Arem takeː ("horn"), Vietnamese gai (“thorn”)).

#### Noun

ki
* rhinoceros horn

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* kiko (synonym)

### Etymology

From Portuguese quê and Spanish qué and Kabuverdianu ki.

### Pronoun

ki
* what

## Phalura
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

#### Postposition

ki (کیۡ)
* as
* of
* out of
* with

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

#### Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
* or

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

#### Conjunction

ki (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling کیۡ)
* Complementizer preceding extraposed complement clause

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ki”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ki, from Proto-Slavic *kъjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kajas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ki
* Homophone: -ki

### Pronoun

ki m sg
* (obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) what, which kind of (referring to an undetermined set of possible answers)
    Synonyms: jaki, który

#### Declension
### Further reading

* ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Antoni Waga (1860) “ki”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 752

## Rapa Nui
### Verb

ki
* say
* look

## Rohingya
### Pronoun

ki
* what

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

ki (Cyrillic spelling ки)
* (Kajkavian, relative) which, that, who
    Synonym: koji

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

### Pronoun

ki
* who, which, that (relative)

#### Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

## Sumerian
### Romanization

ki
* Romanization of 𒆠 (ki)

## Sundanese
### Contraction

ki
* Shortened form of kai (“wood, tree”)

#### Usage notes

* Commonly used as prefix for names of trees and plants, esp. for those of large trees, e.g. ki ajag, ki beusi, kiara, etc.

### References

* ↑ 'KI' in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

ki
* it is

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

### Pronoun

ki
* who

## Tat
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian کی (ki).

### Pronoun

ki
* who

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English key.

### Noun

ki
* key

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ki. Cognates include Hawaiian i and Samoan 'i. The sense of the direct object stems from the comparison of a thought's motion to a physical motion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ki]
* Hyphenation: ki

### Preposition

ki
* towards, to, into, onto
* Marks the direct object of some verbs.

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 159

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki/

### Preposition

ki
* to (in the dative sense)

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كه (ki), from Classical Persian که.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ci/

#### Conjunction

ki
* (+ optative or imperative) so that, so
    Yaptım ki gidesin.I did it so that you would (be able to) go.
    Yaptım ki gitsin.I did it so that they would (be able to) go.
* that
    Seni öpersem biliyorum ki, sana âşık olacağım.If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.
* anyways
    Neden ondan korkuyorsun? Yapmaz ki o bir bok.Why are you even afraid of them? They won’t do shit anyways.

##### Usage notes

* With sense 1, the optative is used for all persons with the exception of the third person singular, which takes the imperative form instead.
* With sense 2, it also possible to use this sentence structure
    Seni öpersem, sana âşık olacağımı biliyorum.If I kiss you, I know that I'll fall in love with you.

### Etymology 2

Reduced form of iki.

#### Numeral

ki
* two (short form of iki)
    bir-ki-üç-dörtone-two-three-four

## Unami
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ki]

### Pronoun

ki
* you (second person singular)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ki˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kɪj˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From French quille.

#### Noun

(classifier con) ki
* (bowling) a pin

### Etymology 2

From English Henry Kissinger.

#### Noun

(classifier con) ki
* (colloquial, euphemistic) dog (animal)
    ngu như ki ― stupid like a dog
* common Vietnamese name for dogs

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

(classifier cái) ki
* a dustpan
    Synonym: đồ hốt rác

## Woiwurrung
### Interjection

ki
* ha

### References

* ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (high-tone): IPA: /kí/
* (mid-tone): IPA: /kī/
* (low-tone): IPA: /kì/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kí
* The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

kí
* (subjunctive) Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.

##### Usage notes

Similar to the negation particles kì and kò, the first-person singular pronoun mo changes to n after this particle.

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

kí
* (transitive) to greet, to say hello
* (transitive) to visit

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

kì
* (transitive) to deliver a eulogy for someone
* (transitive) to sing the praises of someone

##### Derived terms

* oríkì
* èkìkì

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

ki
* (transitive) to load
* (transitive) to compress (powdered material) into a container

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

ki
* (intransitive) to be viscous
* to be thick (relating to stew or soup)

##### Derived terms

* ìki, kíki, òṣùwọ̀n-ìki

### Etymology 7
#### Particle

kì
* Alternative form of kò (“not”) (used before í)

## Zou
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ki. Cognates include Khumi Chin täki.

#### Alternative forms

* eki

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki˧˥/

#### Noun

kí
* horn

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki˧˥/

#### Noun

kí
* parrot

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki˧˩/

#### Adjective

kì
* scared
* disgusted

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63