-ki-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "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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Etymology 1

Infix

-ki-

  1. (in second verb in a series) while, simultaneity marker
    Near-synonym: -na-
    niliwaona wakitembea ― I saw them walk
    1. (after -wa) continuous aspect marker
      nimekuwa nikiandika ― I have been writing
  2. when, if, conditional mood marker
    Antonym: -sipo-
    nikinunua ― if I buy
    ukienda Kenya ― if you go to Kenya
Conjugation
Conjugation of -ki-
Singular Plural
1st person niki- tuki-
2nd person uki- mki-
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aki- waki-
m-mi(III/IV) uki- iki-
ji-ma(V/VI) liki- yaki-
ki-vi(VII/VIII) kiki- viki-
n(IX/X) iki- ziki-
u(XI) uki- see n(X) or ma(VI)
ku(XV/XVII) kuki-
pa(XVI) paki-
mu(XVIII) mki-
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.

See also

Swahili TAM markers
Initial
Positive infinitive ku-/kw-1
Negative infinitive kuto-
Habitual hu-1
Telegrammic ka-1
Final
General (positive indicative) -a
Positive subjunctive -e
Negative present -i
Second person plural -ni
Infix position
positive subject concord
Positive past -li-
Positive present -na-
Positive future -ta-
Negative subjunctive -si-1
Positive present conditional -nge-
Negative present conditional -singe-
Positive past conditional -ngali-
Negative past conditional -singali-
Gnomic -a-1
Perfect -me-
"Already" past -lisha-
"Already" present -mesha-/-sha-
"If/When" -ki-1
"If not" -sipo-
Consecutive -ka-1
Infix position
negative subject concord
Negative past -ku-1
Negative future -ta-
"Not yet" -ja-1
Negative present conditional -nge-
Negative past conditional -ngali-
Relative
Past -li-
Present -na-
Future -taka-
Negative -si-
1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.

Etymology 2

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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