kimi
Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
- kibi (archaic)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Turkic *gēp (“form, example, image”)[1]. Not cognate with Azerbaijani kim (“who”). Cognate with Turkish gibi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kiˈmi], [t͡ʃiˈmi]
Conjunction
kimi
- like
- 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.
- (used after present participle) as soon as
- 2005, Arif Acaloğlu; Cəlal Bəydilli, İsrafil Abbaslı, editor, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər, 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.”)
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References
- 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
Jamamadí
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑀺𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- किमि (Devanagari script)
- কিমি (Bengali script)
- කිමි (Sinhalese script)
- ကိမိ (Burmese script)
- กิมิ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩥᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- កិមិ (Khmer script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [cimi]
- Hyphenation: ki‧mi
Volapük
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