ke

See also: Ke and Appendix:Variations of "ke"

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke/, [ke̞]

Noun

ke inan

  1. smoke

Declension

Derived terms

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰee̥/

Noun

ke

  1. food
  2. bat

Chuukese

Pronoun

ke

  1. you (singular)

Adjective

ke

  1. you are

Synonyms

Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
Singular First person uauseupweusapupwapute
Second person ka, kekose, kesekopwe, kepwekosap, kesapkopwap, kepwapkote, kete
Third person aeseepweesapepwapete
PluralFirst person aua (exclusive)
sia (inclusive)
ause (exclusive)
sise (inclusive)
aupwe (exclusive)
sipwe (inclusive)
ausap (exclusive)
sisap (inclusive)
aupwap (exclusive)
sipwap (inclusive)
aute (exclusive)
site (inclusive)
Second person ouaouseoupweousapoupwapoute
Third person ra, rereserepweresaprepwaprete

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛ]
  • (file)

Preposition

ke

  1. to
  2. toward, towards

Synonyms

Further reading

  • ke in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ke in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

From French, Portuguese, Spanish que (that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ke]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: ke

Conjunction

ke

  1. that

Finnish

Noun

ke

  1. Abbreviation of keskiviikko.

Anagrams

Guaraní

Noun

ke

  1. dream

Verb

ke

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French que (that).

Pronoun

ke

  1. (relative, object of relative clause) that
Usage notes
  • This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2

From French queue (tail).

Noun

ke

  1. tail

Etymology 3

From French que (than).

Preposition

ke

  1. than
Alternative forms

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Particle

ke

  1. (Yavapai) not, negation particle

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Article

ke (definite)

  1. the

Usage notes

  • Modifies words which begin with the letters 'k', 'a', 'e', and 'o'.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ke, from French que, Portuguese que, Spanish que, Italian che.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke/, /kɛ/

Conjunction

ke

  1. that
    Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.
    I know that you want to help me

Usage notes

The conjugation can also be used in combination with a preposition to make it a conjugation. See: pro ke, por ke, dum ke, depos ke, and til ke.

Proper noun

ke (plural ke-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkə]
  • Hyphenation:

Preposition

  1. to
    Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman.
    Yesterday I went to a friend’s home.

See also

Italian

Etymology

Shorter, written form of che

Pronoun

ke

  1. (informal, often in Internet chat or in SMS messages) who; which; what; that; than

Japanese

Romanization

ke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Kholosi

Etymology

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

Postposition

ke

  1. accusative case marker
  2. dative case marker
    Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay
    Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

References

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Ladino

Conjunction

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. that
  2. indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive)

Pronoun

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. who; that
  2. that; whom

Preposition

ke (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קה)

  1. than

Malay

Etymology 1

Shortened form of -kah.

Conjunction

ke

  1. (informal) or
    Besar ke kecil?
    Big or small?
    Boleh ke tak?
    Can you do it (or not)?
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

Preposition

ke

  1. to
    Semalam aku pergi ke rumah kawan.
    Yesterday I went to a friend’s house.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: ke

Mandarin

Romanization

ke

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .
  5. Nonstandard spelling of kê̄.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Noun

ke (Raguileo spelling)

  1. liver

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mbyá Guaraní

Verb

ke

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“street; market; fair; etc.”).
(This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)
For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see (“to add; more”).
(This character, ke, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

Old French

Pronoun

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

Conjunction

ke

  1. Alternative form of que

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ke

  1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ka

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb

ke

  1. to want, to wish
  2. to love, to like

Romani

Conjunction

ke

  1. because

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

-ke (declinable)

  1. female

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B kaiyye.

Noun

ke

  1. chance, opportunity

Tocharian B

Etymology

Possibly related to the intensifying suffix -k(ä).

Particle

ke

  1. intensifying particle

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 201

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce/, /ka/

Noun

ke

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

ke • ()

  1. saliva/drool that flows out when sleeping
    Mồm dính ke kìa.
    You have spit around your mouth.

Xerénte

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰe/

Noun

ke

  1. honey

References

  • Rinaldo de Mattos, Fonêmica Xerente

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ké/

Verb

  1. to cry; to shout; to scream
    Mo sí ọI cry out to you
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ké/

Verb

  1. to cut
    Synonym:
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kè/

Particle

  1. (Yagba) Alternative form of
    Ìghọn ọlọ́ṣà gbe arù rẹ̀ rèThe thieves did not steal his luggage

Zulu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɠe/?

Verb

-ke?

  1. (auxiliary) sometimes, occasionally [+subjunctive]
    Ake akhale.
    Sometimes he cries.
  2. (auxiliary) ever [+past subjunctive]
    Wake wabona ibhubesi?
    Have you ever seen a lion?
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɠé/

Conjunction

ke

  1. (that one) dare to, let; indicates threatening [+subjunctive]
    Ke azame-nje!
    Just let him try!

References

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