kē

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ke"

Hawaiian

Noun

kē

1. complaint
2. critic
3. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Verb

kē

1. (transitive) to protest
2. (transitive) to criticize

Japanese

Romanization

kē

1. Rōmaji transcription of けえ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ケー

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ke — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

kē (ke¹, Zhuyin ㄎㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匼
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坴
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峇
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柯
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棵
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樖
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犐
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珂
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疴
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痽
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞌
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砡
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磕
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礍
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 科
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稞
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窠
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簻 / 𰩻
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胢
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苛
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荰
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萪
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薖 / 𰰾
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝌
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趷
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軻 / 轲
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈯 / 𨱄
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉼 / 𰽼
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錎
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铤
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頢 / 𬱠
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顆 / 颗
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颍
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颗
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髁
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坷

Mwotlap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪ/

Pronoun

kē (singular)

1. he/she, him/her (3rd singular pronoun)

Usage notes

• Contrasts with 3rd dual kōyō, 3rd trial kēytēl, 3rd plural kēy.

References

• p.119 of: François, Alexandre. 2005. A typological overview of Mwotlap, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu. Linguistic typology 9 (1): 115–146. DOI:10.1515/lity.2005.9.1.115.
• François, Alexandre. 2016. The historical morphology of personal pronouns in northern Vanuatu. Faits de Langues. Bern: Peter Lang. 25–60.
• François, Alexandre. 2025. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry kē.

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ke. Cognates include Tuvaluan kee and Samoan 'e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkeː]
• Hyphenation: kē

Pronoun

kē

1. thou, you

See also

Tokelauan personal pronouns

Independent
	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (exclusive)	au, kita1	ki māua	ki mā	ki mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	ki tāua	ki tā	ki tātou
2nd person	koe	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	ki lāua	ki lā	ki lātou
Agentive clitic
	singular	dual		plural
1st person (exclusive)	kō	ki mā		ki mātou
1st person (inclusive)	―	ki tā		ki tātou
2nd person	kē	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	ki lā		ki lātou

¹⁾ Sympathetic
^*) Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 158

Zacatepec Chatino

Noun

kē

1. flower