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kimi

See also: Kimi and kìmì

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Conjunction

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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[1], 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

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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 şeylər ― and things such as this
  2. until, till, to [(optionally) with ta and 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

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  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

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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kimi

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

Icelandic

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Noun

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kimi m (genitive singular kima, nominative plural kimar)

  1. corner, nook

Declension

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declension of kimi
m-w1 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

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Jamamadí

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Noun

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kimi

  1. (Banawá) corn

References

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kimi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きみ

Mokilese

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Pronoun

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kimi

  1. first person inclusive remote plural; all of us, not including you

Usage notes

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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

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kimi m

  1. worm

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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kimi (not comparable)

  1. some; an unspecified quantity or number of.

Noun

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kimi

  1. definite accusative singular of kim

Synonyms

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Volapük

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Pronoun

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kimi

  1. whom (accusative)

Yogad

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Noun

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kimí

  1. cockroach
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