kii

See also: Kii, kii-, kiʻi, ki'i, and kʼįįʼ

Translingual

Symbol

kii

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kitsai.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kitsai terms

Ajië

Etymology

Borrowed from English key.

Noun

kii

1. key

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

Bongo

Numeral

kii

1. ten

References

• Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Chickasaw

Interjection

kii

1. oh!
2. hey!

Finnish

Etymology

By ellipsis/reduction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːˣ/, [ˈk̟iː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Syllabification^(key): kii
• Hyphenation^(key): kii

Adverb

kii (colloquial)

1. alternative form of kiinni

Preposition

kii (colloquial)

1. alternative form of kiinni

Postposition

kii (colloquial)

1. alternative form of kiinni

Further reading

• “kii”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• iik, iki, iki-

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ki·ra.

Pronoun

kii (second person singular)

1. singular second-person pronoun: you

See also

Munsee personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	nii	niilóona (exclusive) kiilóona (inclusive)
2nd person	kii	kiilóowa
3rd person	néeka	néekaawa

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *gīñ, cognate with Gamilaraay gii and Wiradjuri geen.

Noun

kii

1. heart

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

kii

1. this person

   Kii kan la? ― Who is this person?

Xârâcùù

Etymology

From English key.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiː]

Noun

kii

1. key

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English key.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kíì/

Noun

kíì

1. key

   Synonym: kọ́kọ́rọ́

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *kíxí.

Verb

kii (imperative ñaꞌan)

1. (intransitive) come

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 30