kimi

See also: Kimi and kìmì

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kēp (form, example, image).[1] Not cognate with Azerbaijani kim (who). Cognate with Turkish gibi.

Alternative forms

Conjunction

kimi

  1. (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

  1. like
    1. 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.
    2. in the manner of, similarly to
      O prezident kimi davranmır.
      He doesn't act like a president.
    3. such as
      Bu Vikipediya kimi saytlar üçündür.
      This is for websites like Wikipedia.
      və bu kimi şeylərand things such as this
  2. until, till, to (often used with ta) [+dative]
    Synonyms: qədər, -cən, -dək
    küçənin ta axırına kimi getməkto walk all the way to the end of the street.
    qədim vaxtından ta bu günə kimiever since ancient times and up to this day

References

  1. 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

  1. singular locative of kim (who)
    Kimi gördün, kiminlə görüşdün?
    Whom did you see, whom did you meet?

Icelandic

Noun

kimi m (genitive singular kima, nominative plural kimar)

  1. corner, nook

Declension

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

kimi

  1. (Banawá) corn

References

Japanese

Romanization

kimi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きみ

Mokilese

Pronoun

kimi

  1. 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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.

Noun

kimi m

  1. worm

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cimi]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧mi

Adjective

kimi (not comparable)

  1. some; an unspecified quantity or number of.

Noun

kimi

  1. definite accusative singular of kim

Synonyms

Volapük

Pronoun

kimi

  1. whom (accusative)

Yogad

Noun

kimí

  1. cockroach
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