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Basque
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ki
- fragment, piece
- Forms nouns with a given number of components.
- lau (“four”) + -ki → lauki (“square”)
- meat (as food)
- txerri (“pig”) + -ki → txerriki (“pork”)
- Forms nouns denoting objects used to perform an action.
- estali (“to cover”) + -ki → estalki (“lid, cap”)
- produce, yield
- baratze (“orchard”) + -ki → barazki (“vegetable”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ki
- Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly
Derived terms
References
- “-ki” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Estonian
Adverb
-ki
- Alternative form of -gi
Usage notes
This form is used after voiceless consonants. After voiced consonants and vowels, the form -gi is used.
Finnish
Clitic
-ki
- (colloquial) Alternative form of -kin
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-kik. Cognates include Finnish -kin and Estonian -gi.
Pronunciation
Particle
-ki
- also, too, as well
1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Peenet lapset i neki talvia evät pölkää.- Little children, even they aren't afraid of the winter.
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 163
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 18
Japanese
Romanization
-ki
- Rōmaji transcription of き
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *-ukô.
Suffix
-ki m
- (rare) diminutive suffix
- bjǫrn (“bear”) + -ki → bjarki (“little bear, bearlet”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ki
- alternative form of -gi (“not”)
Pipil
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ki
- Preterite singular verb suffix
- kisa → kiski
- pewa → pejki
Usage notes
- The suffix -ki is used with Class I verbs (consonant stem), whereas the truncated suffix -k is used with Class II verbs (vowel-stem):
- panu → panuk
See also
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ki
Suffix
-ki m
- forms masculine adjectives
- jeden + -ki → jednaki
Declension
Declension of -ki (velar)
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـكی (-ki).
Suffix
-ki
- (+ genitive) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "that which belongs to."
- onların (“their”) + -ki → onlarınki (“theirs”)
- babamın (“my dad's (determinative)”) + -ki → babamınki (“my dad's (substantive)”)
- (+ locative) Used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "(the one) that is at/in."
- Synonym: olan
Sağdakini beğendim.- I like the one on the right.
Neden evdekini istiyorsun ki? Buradaki gayet iyi çalışıyor.- Why do you want the one at home? The one (that is) here works quite nicely.
- (+ genitive, slang, not followed by a noun) penis
benimki seninkinden büyüktür- mine's bigger than yours
Usage notes
This use of -ki is invariable with respect to vowel and consonant harmony, except after the vowel ü: bugün + -ki → bugünkü.
Declension
References
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-kik. Cognates include Finnish -kin, Estonian Estonian -gi.
Adverb
-ki
- also, too, as well
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “также, тоже”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika