ki ni

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Yoruba

Etymology

From kí (“what”) +‎ ni (“to be, is”), Cognate with Igbo gịnī (“what”)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kí ni

  1. (interrogative) what is?
    Kí ni? ― What?
    Nítorí kí ni? ― Because of what?
    Kí lo sọ? ― What did you say?
    Kí ni ta ni rà? ― What did who buy?

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kí ni (“interrogative what”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌdànrèÌdànrèkí
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdekí
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́kí
Ìkòròdúkí
Ṣágámùkí
Ifọ́nIfọ́nkí
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupakí
ÌlàjẹMahinkí
OǹdóOǹdókí
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀kí
UsẹnUsẹnkí
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹnikọ́
OlùkùmiUgbódùkóhùnrè
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìkí
Òdè Èkìtìkí
Òmùò Èkìtìkí
Awó Èkìtìkí
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́kí
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìkí, kín nì, kí à, kí rìn, kí ìn
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÌgbẹsàkí
Ọ̀tàkí
Agégekí
Ìlogbò Erémikí
ÈkóÈkókí ni
ÌbàdànÌbàdànkí ni
ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràkí ni
Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbokí ni
Ọ̀fàkí ni
ÌlọrinÌlọrinkí ni
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAkí ni
Ìwàjówà LGAkí
Kájọlà LGAkí ni
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAkí ni
Ṣakí West LGAkí ni
Atisbo LGAkín ni
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAkín ni
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kí ni
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kí ni
Ìkirèkí ni
Ìwókí ni
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkí ni
Bɛ̀nɛ̀kí ni
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbakí
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekí
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́kíí
Tchaouroukíí
ÌcàAgouakéé
ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàkéko, kéé
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ke
Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkákéé, bé, kẹ, ko
Kétu/ÀnàgóÌlárákéé
Ìmẹ̀kọkéé
Kétukéé
Ifɛ̀Akpárékí, kí ni
Atakpamékí, kí ni
Bokokí
Est-Monokí, kí ni
Moretankí
Tchettikí, kí ni
KuraAwotébikɛ́li
Partagokɛ́lì
Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandimìĩ́
Northern NagoKambolekéí, ké
Manigrikéí
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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