ki-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

Choctaw

Prefix

kī- (before vowels kil-, class N first-person plural)

  1. the subject of a hortative verb
    let us
  2. the subject of a negative active transitive verb
    we don't
  3. the subject of a negative active intransitive verb
    we don't

Inflection
Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s+C+V+C/i+a/o+C+V+C+V+C+V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa--sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi- hachim- hachik- ho-oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i- im- ik-

Esperanto

Etymology

From interrogative and relative pronouns of European languages, such as French (qui, que, quoi, quel, quand, comment, combien), Italian (che), Russian (кто, как, какой, куда, когда).

Prefix

ki-

  1. wh-, what (interrogative/relative correlative prefix)

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Prefix

ki-

  1. what, which (interrogative prefix)

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈki]
  • Audio(file)

Prefix

ki-

  1. (verbal prefix) It indicates actions with outward direction or actions aiming fulfillment.
    megy (“to go”) → kimegy (“to exit, to go out”)
  2. construed with magát and definite conjugation of originally intransitive verbs: to one's heart's content, as much as one wants or needs
    alszik (“to sleep”) → kialussza magát (“to get enough sleep”)
    úszik (“to swim”) → kiússza magát (“to have enough swim”)
    beszél (“to speak”) → kibeszéli magát (“to say everything that weighs on one’s mind”)

Derived terms
Hungarian verbs prefixed with ki-

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

References

Makasar

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ki- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀᨗ)

  1. we (first person plural inclusive)
  2. you (polite second person singular and plural)

See also
Makasar free and bound pronouns
Independent Absolutive Nominative Possessive
1st sg / 1st pl excl nakke -a' ku- -ku
1st pl excl (archaic) kambe -kang ki- -mang
1st pl incl / 2nd sg polite katte -ki' ki- -ta
2nd sg / pl familiar kau -ko nu- -nu
3rd sg / pl ia -i na- -na

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ki-]

Prefix

ki-

  1. Allomorph of k- (first-person-dual-inclusive non-transitive-agent prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant and have a first vowel i.
  2. Allomorph of k- (first-person-dual-inclusive transitive agent prefix) used for stems that begin with two consonants.

Inflection
Maquiritari personal markers (Ye’kwana dialect)
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument		 postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u- w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-
second person amödö ö-, öy-, o-, oy-, a-, ay- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-, ch-, ∅-, i- chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, ni-
distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- —
reciprocal — — öö-
series I verb argument:
transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above

Old High German

Prefix

ki-

  1. (Bavaria) Alternative form of gi-

Pipil

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /ɣi/

Prefix

ki-

  1. (personal) it, her, him, third-person singular object marker.
    Te kikak aka
    Nobody heard it/him/her

Usage notes
  • When the prefix "-ki-" is being preceded by a subject marker o followed by an initial "i" in the verb, it loses its own i and becomes just "-k-", as in this example:
Nikneki se kinia
I want (it) a banana

See also
Pipil verb object markers
singular plural
1st person nech- tech-
2nd person metz- metzin-
3rd person ki- kin-
  • yaja (personal pronoun)

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Prefix

ki- (plural vi-)

  1. The prefix for noun class 7 denoting artefacts (objects made by humans).
    1. Forms the name of a language.
      Kiswahili — Swahili language
      Kiingereza — English language
    2. Forms a diminutive indicating that something is small or has a physical defect.
      kitoto — baby (diminutive of mtoto))
      kilema — a crippled person (physical defect)

See also
  • Appendix:Swahili noun classes
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