# kaki
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑːki/, /ˈkæki/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: khaki
* Rhymes: -ɑːki

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki).

#### Noun

kaki (plural kakis)
* a persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Malay kaki (“legs, feet, accomplices”). Unrelated to Hokkien and Teochew 家己人 (ka-kī-lâng / ga$^1$ gi$^7$ nang$^5$, “one of us”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈkɑki/

#### Noun

kaki (plural kakis)
* (Singlish) A close friend, or group of friends with a shared common interest.
** 2000, Dennis Wee, Sylvia Fong, Making Luck with Your Hands, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore, page 59:My usual mahjong kaki.
** 2000 July 2, Yeow Kai Chai, The Sunday Times (Sunday Plus), quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 5:He has his posse of stylist-kakis.
** 2023, Narayanan Ganapathy, quoting an Omega gang member, Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance, Bristol University Press, →ISBN, page 127:That’s why gang members always move as a group, because when your group is big … when your enemy sees you with many kakis [peers], they will also think want to attack you or not […]

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

kaki
* Misspelling of khaki.

### Anagrams

* kaik

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaki/
* Hyphenation: ka‧ki

### Noun

kaki
* leg
* (anatomy) foot
* foot (unit of measure)

#### Synonyms

* (part of the body): batis

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

### Noun

kaki n (indeclinable)
* persimmon fruit
    Synonyms: tomel, churma

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin cacō, Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́ω (kăkkắō), Italian cacare, German kacken, English cack, Polish kakać, Russian какать (kakatʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkaki]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Hyphenation: ka‧ki

### Verb

kaki (present kakas, past kakis, future kakos, conditional kakus, volitive kaku)
* (informal) to defecate, poop
    Synonym: feki

#### Conjugation
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑki/, [ˈkɑ̝k̟i]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: ka‧ki

### Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

#### Noun

kaki
* persimmon

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kaki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakini
kakini
accusative
nom.
kakini
kakini
gen.
kakini
genitive
kakini
kakieni
partitive
kakiani
kakejani
inessive
kakissani
kakeissani
elative
kakistani
kakeistani
illative
kakiini
kakeihini
adessive
kakillani
kakeillani
ablative
kakiltani
kakeiltani
allative
kakilleni
kakeilleni
essive
kakinani
kakeinani
translative
kakikseni
kakeikseni
abessive
kakittani
kakeittani
instructive
comitative
—kakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakisi
kakisi
accusative
nom.
kakisi
kakisi
gen.
kakisi
genitive
kakisi
kakiesi
partitive
kakiasi
kakejasi
inessive
kakissasi
kakeissasi
elative
kakistasi
kakeistasi
illative
kakiisi
kakeihisi
adessive
kakillasi
kakeillasi
ablative
kakiltasi
kakeiltasi
allative
kakillesi
kakeillesi
essive
kakinasi
kakeinasi
translative
kakiksesi
kakeiksesi
abessive
kakittasi
kakeittasi
instructive
comitative
—kakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakimme
kakimme
accusative
nom.
kakimme
kakimme
gen.
kakimme
genitive
kakimme
kakiemme
partitive
kakiamme
kakejamme
inessive
kakissamme
kakeissamme
elative
kakistamme
kakeistamme
illative
kakiimme
kakeihimme
adessive
kakillamme
kakeillamme
ablative
kakiltamme
kakeiltamme
allative
kakillemme
kakeillemme
essive
kakinamme
kakeinamme
translative
kakiksemme
kakeiksemme
abessive
kakittamme
kakeittamme
instructive
comitative
—kakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakinne
kakinne
accusative
nom.
kakinne
kakinne
gen.
kakinne
genitive
kakinne
kakienne
partitive
kakianne
kakejanne
inessive
kakissanne
kakeissanne
elative
kakistanne
kakeistanne
illative
kakiinne
kakeihinne
adessive
kakillanne
kakeillanne
ablative
kakiltanne
kakeiltanne
allative
kakillenne
kakeillenne
essive
kakinanne
kakeinanne
translative
kakiksenne
kakeiksenne
abessive
kakittanne
kakeittanne
instructive
comitative
—kakeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakinsa
kakinsa
accusative
nom.
kakinsa
kakinsa
gen.
kakinsa
genitive
kakinsa
kakiensa
partitive
kakiaan kakiansa
kakejaan kakejansa
inessive
kakissaan kakissansa
kakeissaan kakeissansa
elative
kakistaan kakistansa
kakeistaan kakeistansa
illative
kakiinsa
kakeihinsa
adessive
kakillaan kakillansa
kakeillaan kakeillansa
ablative
kakiltaan kakiltansa
kakeiltaan kakeiltansa
allative
kakilleen kakillensa
kakeilleen kakeillensa
essive
kakinaan kakinansa
kakeinaan kakeinansa
translative
kakikseen kakiksensa
kakeikseen kakeiksensa
abessive
kakittaan kakittansa
kakeittaan kakeittansa
instructive
comitative
—kakeineen kakeinensa :

##### Synonyms

* kakiluumu
* persimon
* persimoni
* sharon

##### Derived terms

* kakiluumu

#### Further reading

* “kaki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kaki
* inflection of kakkia:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ki/

### Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese 柿 (kaki); brought over from Japan in the nineteenth century.

#### Noun

kaki m (plural kakis)
* persimmon, Sharon fruit
* a persimmon tree

### Etymology 2

Spelling evolved from khaki which was brought into French usage from the English, Hindu, Urdu and Persian word.

#### Alternative forms

* khaki (archaic)

#### Noun

kaki m or f (plural kakis)
* the colour khaki

#### Adjective

kaki (plural kakis)
* of the colour khaki

### Further reading

* “kaki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Alternative forms

* khaki

### Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːki/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ka‧ki

### Adjective

kaki (indeclinable)
* khaki (color)

### References

* “kaki” in Duden online
* “kaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of kaka (“excrement”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒki]
* Hyphenation: ka‧ki
* Rhymes: -ki

### Noun

kaki (plural kakik)
* (informal, often childish) poo, poop (feces)

#### Derived terms

* kakil

### References

* ↑ kaki in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* (feces): kaki 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
* (alternative form of khaki): kaki , redirecting to khaki 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

### Anagrams

* akik

## Iban
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kaki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kakɪi̯/

### Noun

kaki
* (anatomy) leg; foot

### References

* Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkaki/ [ˈka.ki]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ka‧ki

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kaki, from Proto-Malayic *kaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

#### Noun

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)
* (anatomy) foot
* foot (short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it)
    kaki meja ― table leg
* foot (the base or bottom of anything)
    kaki bukit ― foothill
* foot (a unit of measure equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres)
* (anatomy) leg
    Synonym: tungkai

#### Classifier

kaki
* (rare) used to count umbrellas

##### Derived terms

* berkaki
* berkaki-kaki
* berkaki-kakian
* berkaki-kakikan
* berkakian
* berkakikan
* dikaki
* dikaki-kaki
* dikaki-kakikan
* dikakikan
* diperkaki
* diperkaki-kaki
* diperkaki-kakikan
* diperkakikan
* kaki-kaki
* kaki-kakian
* kaki-kakikan
* kaki-kemaki
* kaki-kemakian
* kaki-kemakikan
* kekaki
* kekakian
* kekakikan
* kemaki
* kemakian
* kemakikan
* memperkaki
* memperkaki-kaki
* memperkaki-kakikan
* memperkakikan
* mengaki
* mengaki-kaki
* mengaki-kakikan
* mengakikan
* pengaki
* pengaki-kaki
* pengaki-kakian
* pengakian
* perkaki
* perkaki-kaki
* perkaki-kakian
* perkaki-kakikan
* perkakian
* perkakikan
* terkaki
* terkaki-kaki
* terkaki-kakikan
* terkakikan
* kaki belalang
* kaki bukit
* kaki celana
* kaki gajah
* kaki gunung
* kaki hutan
* kaki jantang
* kaki jenjang
* kaki katak
* kaki kuning
* kaki langit
* kaki lima
* kaki mantra
* kaki meja
* kaki naga
* kaki sajak
* kaki salah
* kaki sebelah dalam
* kaki seribu
* kaki surat
* kaki tangan
* kaki telanjang
* kaki tiga

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)
* Alternative form of kakek (“grandfather”)

### Etymology 3

From Japanese 柿(かき) (kaki, “persimmon”).

#### Noun

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)
* persimmon
    Synonym: kesemek

### Etymology 4

From Dutch kaki (“khaki”), from Hindi ख़ाकी (xākī) / Urdu خاکی (xākī), from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

#### Noun

kaki (plural kaki-kaki)
* Alternative form of khaki

### Further reading

* “kaki” 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.

## Italian
### Adjective

kaki (invariable)
* Alternative form of cachi

### Noun

kaki m (invariable)
* Alternative form of cachi

## Japanese
### Romanization

kaki
* Rōmaji transcription of かき
* Rōmaji transcription of カキ

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkakʲi/

### Determiner

kaki
* what?, what kind of?, what sort of?

#### Declension
## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaki/
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aki

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *kaki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay (compare Cia-Cia kake), from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay. Change from *q to *k is irregular, the expected reflex would be *hahai or *hahi.

#### Noun

kaki (Jawi spelling کاکي, plural kaki-kaki, informal 1st possessive kakiku, 2nd possessive kakimu, 3rd possessive kakinya)
* (anatomy) foot (part of body), leg
    gelang kaki: anklet
    mata kaki: ankle
** a short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
    kaki meja: table leg
* bottom, low or base part of something
    kaki langit: horizon
    kaki gunung: base of a mountain
    kaki dadih: whey
* (in compounds) person with an affinity to something
    kaki wayang: cinephile
    kaki botol: drunkard
* foot (unit of measure)

#### Classifier

kaki (Jawi spelling کاکي, singular sekaki)
* Classifier for items with a long base and a blooming or rising head such as flowers, umbrellas or mushrooms

##### Derived terms

* jari kaki
* kaki ampu
* kaki arak
* kaki ayam
* kaki bangkang
* kaki bangku
* kaki belit
* kaki bodek
* kaki bola
* kaki borak
* kaki botol
* kaki bual
* kaki buli
* kaki gaduh
* kaki judi
* kaki kipas
* kaki langit
* kaki lilin
* kaki lima
* kaki minum
* kaki ponteng
* kaki pukul
* kaki sembang
* kaki tangan
* kaki tidur
* kaki tiga
* kaki umpat
* mata kaki
* sarung kaki

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: kaki
* → Acehnese: gaki
* → Banjarese: kaki
* → Min Nan: 腳距／脚距 (kioh-kī)

### Etymology 2

From Japanese 柿 (kaki).

#### Noun

kaki (plural kaki-kaki, informal 1st possessive kakiku, 2nd possessive kakimu, 3rd possessive kakinya)
* Ellipsis of pisang kaki — persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
    Synonym: kesemek

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاکي kaki”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 74-5
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاکي kaki”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 496-7
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaki”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 496

### Further reading

* “kaki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

### Noun

kaki m (uncountable)
* (Jersey) khaki

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From English khaki.

#### Noun

kaki m (definite singular kakien, uncountable)
* khaki

#### Adjective

kaki (definite and plural kaki or kakie)
* khaki

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kaki m (definite singular kakien, indefinite plural kakiar, definite plural kakiane)
* (botany) a persimmon

### Anagrams

* akki, kika

## Panyjima
### Noun

kaki
* Bird.

### References

* Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima", in R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake: The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kaki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ka‧ki
* Homophone: khaki

### Noun

kaki n (indeclinable)
* Japanese persimmon, kaki (fruit)
    Synonyms: persymona, szaron
* Japanese persimmon, kaki (tree)
    Synonyms: hebanowiec, hurma, persymona, szaron

### Further reading

* kaki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kaki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Remun
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kaki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaki/

### Noun

kaki
* (anatomy) leg; foot

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French kaki.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈki/

#### Adjective

kaki m or f or n (indeclinable)
* khaki

##### Declension
#### Noun

kaki n (uncountable)
* khaki (colour)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French kaki.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaki/

#### Noun

kaki n (uncountable)
* persimmon

##### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay kaki (“foot”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaˈki/ [kɐˈxi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ka‧ki

#### Noun

kakí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)
* foot-tapping; beating tempo with the feet
    Synonym: pagkaki

##### Derived terms

* kumaki
* pagkaki

##### See also

* kumpas

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish caqui, from English khaki, ultimately from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkaki/ [ˈkaː.xɪ]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ka‧ki

#### Noun

kaki (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)
* khaki
* (military) khakis

#### See also

* patig

#### Adjective

kaki (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜒ)
* khaki

### Further reading

* “kaki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 425.
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page xv

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kaː˧˧ ki˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kaː˧˧ kɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kaː˧˧ kɪj˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: ca ki

### Noun

kaki
* Alternative form of ca-ki