kei

See also: Kei, kēi, kèi, -kei, ke'i, and kei-

Languages (13)

Translingual

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Basque • Cornish • Drehu • Dutch • Japanese • Kambera • Mandarin • Maori • Mizo • Scots • Tedim Chin • Zou

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Translingual

Symbol

kei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kei.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kei terms

Basque

Noun

kei

1. dative plural of ka

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəi], /kəj/

Noun

kei m (plural keun)

1. Alternative form of ki

Mutation

Mutation of kei

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kei	gei	hei	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kei/

Verb

kei

1. to fall

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch key, keye, from Old Dutch *kei (in toponym keidīk (“Keidijk”)), perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *kagi (compare kegel (“cone”)), from Proto-Germanic *kagiz.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Noun

kei m (plural keien, diminutive keitje n)

1. cobble, cobblestone
2. pebble
3. boulder

Derived terms

• kei-
• kei-interessant
• keigaaf
• keigezellig
• keigoed
• keihard
• keiig
• keikop
• keileuk
• keimooi
• keisteen
• keitof
• keiveel
• puntkei
• rolkei
• straatkei
• vuurkei
• zwerfkei

Anagrams

• eik

Japanese

Romanization

kei

1. Rōmaji transcription of けい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ケイ

Kambera

Verb

kei

1. (transitive) to buy
2. (transitive) to receive

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

Mandarin

Romanization

kei

1. Nonstandard spelling of kēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kèi.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.i/, [kɛ.i]

Particle

kei

1. at, in (present locative particle)
2. have; in possession of
3. like; as

References

• “kei” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaj ~ kaj-maʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“I; me”).

Pronoun

kei

1. I; me

References

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “kei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Scots

Etymology

Variant spelling of kye, from Old English cǣg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌj/

Noun

kei (plural keis)

1. (Southern Scots) a key

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka.

Pronoun

kei

1. I

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka.

Pronoun

kei

1. I

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf