kimi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kimi"

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: ki‧mi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كِبِی (gibi, gebi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, example, image”).

cognates

Cognate with Turkish and Gagauz gibi, Turkmen kimin, Uzbek kabi, Uyghur كەبى (kebi), and Crimean Tatar kibi.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) kibi, (dialectal) kimin, (dialectal) kimik

Postposition

kimi

1. like, as, such as
   • 1906, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Türk Birliyi [Turkic Unity]; republished Baku: Şərq-Qərb, 2005, page 64:

     Xeyr, eyib sizə olsun ki, bu kibi eşşəyi meydana çıxarıb vəkil seçməyi təklif edirsiniz.

     No, shame on you for dragging out a donkey like him and suggesting that he be elected as a deputy.

2. as soon as
   • 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər‎^[1], Baku: Şərq-Qərb, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:

     Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.

     The woman disappeared as soon as she said what she had to say.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

kimi

1. accusative singular of kim (“who”)

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “kimi”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcʰɪːmɪ]

Noun

kimi m (genitive singular kima, nominative plural kimar)

1. corner, nook

Declension

Declension of kimi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kimi	kiminn	kimar	kimarnir
accusative	kima	kimann	kima	kimana
dative	kima	kimanum	kimum	kimunum
genitive	kima	kimans	kima	kimanna

Further reading

• “kimi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Jamamadí

Noun

kimi

1. (Banawá) corn

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

kimi

1. Rōmaji transcription of きみ

Mokilese

Pronoun

kimi

1. first person exclusive 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	1st person	ngoah, ngoahi
	2nd person	koah, koawoa
	3rd person	ih
dual	1st person exclusive	kisa
	1st person inclusive	kama
	2nd person	kamwa
	3rd person	ara, ira
plural	1st person exclusive	kisai
	1st person inclusive	kamai
	2nd person	kamwai
	3rd person	arai, irai
remote plural	1st person exclusive	kihs
	1st person inclusive	kimi
	2nd person	kimwi
	3rd person	ihr

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 109

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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.

Noun

kimi m

1. worm

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkimiʔ/ [ˈk̠iː.mɪʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -imiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /kiˈmiʔ/ [k̠ɪˈmɪʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧mi

Noun

kimì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋᜒ)

1. shyness; bashfulness; timidity

   Synonym: pagkamahiyain

Adjective

kimî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋᜒ)

1. shy; bashful; timid

   Synonym: mahiyain

References

• “kimi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcimi]

• Audio:

  (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

• bazı
• birtakım

Volapük

Pronoun

kimi

1. whom (accusative)

Yogad

Noun

kimí

1. cockroach