# kij
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* kiej, qij

### Etymology

* According to Çabej and Orel, from *këinj > Proto-Albanian *kadinja (related to Albanian kadhë). Source of kizë (“pruning-hook”).
* From Proto-Albanian *kī̆-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₂y-, *(s)keyh₂- (“to beat, cuff, poke”). Cognate to Latin caiō (“to cut, hew”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kij/

### Verb

kij (aorist kiva, participle kirë) (transitive)
* to prune, trim
* to cut, hew, weed

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Derived terms

* kizë
* qij
* qifsha
* qirë
* (Gheg) kajsha

#### Related terms

* qeth
* kadhë
* shqyej

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 185

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “kij”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲij]

### Noun

kij m inan
* stick (piece of wood)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kij_2”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kij”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *kutu, from Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [kitʲ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /kitʲ/
* Bender phonemes: {kij}

### Noun

kij
* louse; flea
* bug
* bacteria, germ
* parasite

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Mokilese
### Noun

kij
* bit, part

#### Derived terms

* -kij
* kijkij

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkij/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈkij]
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ij
* Syllabification: kij
* Homophone: Kij

### Noun

kij m inan (diminutive kijek or kijaszek)
* stick
    Synonyms: drąg, laska, patyk
    kij hokejowy ― hockey stick
    kije narciarskie ― ski sticks
* cue
    kij bilardowy ― pool cue
* (baseball) baseball bat
* club
    kij golfowy ― golf club
* (mostly in plural, colloquial) beating
* (Przemyśl) firewood

#### Derived terms

* kijanka
* tłuczykij
* włóczykij
* jak się chce psa uderzyć, to kij się znajdzie
* włożyć kij w szprychy pf, wkładać kij w szprychy impf

#### See also

* drążek, pałka, pręt, tyczka, żerdź

### Further reading

* kij in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kij in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kij”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kỳjь, *ky̑jь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkij/
* Rhymes: -ij
* Hyphenation: kij
* Syllabification: kij

### Noun

kij m inan (diminutive kiješk, related adjective kijowy)
* staff, stick

#### Declension
### References

* “kij” in Soblex

## West Frisian
### Noun

kij
* plural of ko