kimi
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, example, image”).[1] Not cognate with Azerbaijani kim (“who”). Cognate with Turkish gibi.
Conjunction
kimi
- (used after present participle) as soon as
- Evə çatan kimi xəbər ver.
- Let me know as soon as you get home.
- 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:
- Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.
- As soon as the woman said what she had to say, she disappeared.
- (literally, “As soon as the woman said her word, she disappeared.”)
Postposition
kimi
- like
- similar to, reminiscent of
- O mənə ikinci ata kimi idi
- He was like a second father to me.
- Yer üzündə sizin kimi ikincisi yoxdur
- There is no one like you in the world.
- Pul qonaq kimidir. Bu gün var, sabah yoxdur.
- Money is like a guest. Today it's there, tomorrow it's gone.
- in the manner of, similarly to
- O prezident kimi davranmır.
- He doesn't act like a president.
- such as
- Bu Vikipediya kimi saytlar üçündür.
- This is for websites like Wikipedia.
- və bu kimi şeylər ― and things such as this
- similar to, reminiscent of
- until, till, to (often used with ta) [+dative]
- Synonyms: qədər, -cən, -dək
- küçənin ta axırına kimi getmək ― to walk all the way to the end of the street.
- qədim vaxtından ta bu günə kimi ― ever since ancient times and up to this day
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Pronoun
kimi
- singular locative of kim (“who”)
- Kimi gördün, kiminlə görüşdün?
- Whom did you see, whom did you meet?
Icelandic
Declension
Further reading
- “kimi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Jamamadí
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Mokilese
Pronoun
kimi
- first person inclusive remote plural; all of us, not including you
Usage notes
Like other remote plural pronouns, kimi is rare. It is used to refer to the speaker and a large group of people who are not present, but not the person the speaker is talking to.
See also
Mokilese personal pronouns
singular | first person | ngoah, ngoahi | |
---|---|---|---|
second person | koah, koawoa | ||
third person | ih | ||
dual | first person inclusive | kisa | |
first person exclusive | kama | ||
second person | kamwa | ||
third person | ara, ira | ||
plural | first person inclusive | kisai | |
first person exclusive | kamai | ||
second person | kamwai | ||
third person | arai, irai | ||
remote plural | first person inclusive | kihs | |
first person exclusive | kimi | ||
second person | kimwi | ||
third person | ihr |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑀺𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- किमि (Devanagari script)
- কিমি (Bengali script)
- කිමි (Sinhalese script)
- ကိမိ or ၵိမိ (Burmese script)
- กิมิ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩥᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ກິມິ (Lao script)
- កិមិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄨𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [cimi]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧mi
Volapük
Yogad
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