-ki-

English

Infix

-ki-

  1. (pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

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Swahili

Pronunciation
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Infix

-ki-

  1. when, if; conditional marker
    nikinunua ― if I buy

Infix

-ki-

  1. it, ki class(VII) object concord
See also
Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Class Subject concord Object concord Relative
affirmative negative
m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Arigidi -kí-, Ede Idaca -kú-

Interfix

-kí-

  1. adds the meaning "any" to a noun when inserted into the reduplicated form (sometimes used pejoratively to mean "bad")
    ọmọ (“child”) → ọmọkọ́mọ (“any child, bad child”)
    fìlà (“hat”) → fìlàkífìlà (“any hat”)
    ẹni (“one, person”) → ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)
    ewé (“leaf”) → ewékéwé (“any leaf; bad leaf”)

Usage notes

For nouns that start with a vowel, the vowel in kí is deleted, but the high tone is retained. For nouns that start with a consonant, kí is inserted directly.

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