kī

From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ‎ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־‎ (kə-).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kiː/

kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. (interrogative) how?

   𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠

   ki-i a-na ṣe₂-ri-ia la ta-al-la-ka-am

   /kī ana ṣērīya lā tallakam/

   how does it happen that you're not coming to me?

   𒆠 𒈠𒍢 ― ki ma-ṣi /kī maṣi?/ ― how many/how much?

• kē, akī, akē

kī (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  as, like, in the manner of, according to

• kē, akī, akē

• “kî”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “kī”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/, [ˈtiː]

kī

1. ti (Cordyline fruticosa)

From English key.

kī

1. key

From English tea.

kī

1. tea

kī

1. Rōmaji transcription of キー

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

Inherited from East Polynesian. Compare Rapa Nui kī, Hawaiian ‘ī, Tahitian i.

kī

1. to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate

kī

1. saying, word

Inherited from Tahitic. Compare Tahitian ‘ī.

kī

1. (stative) to be full

Borrowed from English key.

kī

1. key

kī

1. to lock
2. (stative) to be locked

kī

1. grass