kio

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See also: Kîo, ki'o, kiò, and kɨo

Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: ki‧o

Pronoun

kio (accusative kion)

  1. what (the interrogative and relative correlative of objects)
  2. which
    Mi daŭrigis mian laboron, ĝis kiam iu knabo aŭ virino diris "bagus, bagus", kio signifas "tre bela".
    I continued my work, until some boy or woman said "bagus, bagus", which means "very pretty".

Usage notes

  • Like other correlatives of objects, and unlike English what, kio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.
  • The plural forms kioj and kiojn are nonstandard and rare.

Derived terms

See also

Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite Universal Negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
Reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
Time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
Place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
Motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
Manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
Possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
Demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
Amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
Demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian tiram, Maori tio).

Pronunciation

Noun

kio

  1. mollusc
  2. oyster

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kio”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 轎／轿 (kiō, “palanquin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kio (first-person possessive kioku, second-person possessive kiomu, third-person possessive kionya)

  1. palanquin.
    Synonyms: pelangkin, tandu

Further reading

Lovono

Noun

kio

  1. chicken

References

Maore Comorian

Etymology

From -kia (“hear”).

Noun

kio class 5 (plural mahio class 6)

  1. ear

References

  • “kio” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

kio

  1. orange colored

Noun

kio

  1. the color orange

References

Volapük

Adverb

kio

  1. how (used as modifier to indicate surprise, delight or other strong feeling)
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