kimi

See also: Kimi and kìmì

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ciˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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

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^[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

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

Etymology 2

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

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 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 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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cimi]

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• 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