ke

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ke"

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Ahtna

Postposition

ke

1. indefinite form of -e

Albanian

Verb

ke

1. second-person singular present indicative of kam

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kéè.

Adjective

ke

1. small

Basque

Etymology

Unknown, virtually the only native word with initial /k/. The dialectal form eke is probably more conservative, which would point to Proto-Basque *eke(e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/ [ke]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ke

Noun

ke inan

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of ke (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ke	kea	keak	keok
ergative	kek	keak	keek	keok
dative	keri	keari	keei	keoi
genitive	keren	kearen	keen	keon
comitative	kerekin	kearekin	keekin	keokin
causative	kerengatik	kearengatik	keengatik	keongatik
benefactive	kerentzat	kearentzat	keentzat	keontzat
instrumental	kez	keaz	keez	keotaz
innesive	ketan	kean	keetan	keotan
locative	ketako	keko	keetako	keotako
allative	ketara	kera	keetara	keotara
terminative	ketaraino	keraino	keetaraino	keotaraino
directive	ketarantz	kerantz	keetarantz	keotarantz
destinative	ketarako	kerako	keetarako	keotarako
ablative	ketatik	ketik	keetatik	keotatik
partitive	kerik	—	—	—
prolative	ketzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ke-adar
• ke-laino (“smog”)
• kealdi
• kebide (“chimney”)
• kedar
• kedartsu
• kedartu
• ketan (“smoked”)
• ketsu (“smoky”)
• ketu (“to fill with smoke”)
• keztatu (“to fill with smoke”)

Further reading

• “ke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ke”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke]

Adverb

ke

1. yet
2. still

Noun

ke

1. eagle

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰee̥/

Noun

ke

1. food
2. bat

Chuukese

Pronoun

ke

1. you (singular)

Adjective

ke

1. you are

Synonyms

• ka

Related terms

			present and past tense	negative tense	future	negative future	distant future	negative determinate
singular	first person		ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	second person		ka ke	kose kese	kopwe kepwe	kosap kesap	kopwap kepwap	kote kete
	third person		a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
plural	first person	exclusive	aua	ause	aupwe	ausap	aupwap	aute
		inclusive	sia	sise	sipwe	sisap	sipwap	site
	second person		oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	third person		ra re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm. Cognate with Breton kae, Welsh cae, and distantly English hedge.

Noun

ke m (plural keow)

1. fence

   Synonym: kloos

2. hedge

Derived terms

• flammgos an ke (“wood spurges”)
• gwegbys an ke (“bush vetches”)
• Jakka a'n ke (“garlic mustard”)
• keas (“enclose with a fence/hedge”, verb)
• keek (“hedged”)
• reden ke (“Polypody fern”)
• tagles an ke (“hedge bindweed”)
• war an ke (“on the fence, abstaining”)

Mutation

Mutation of ke

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
ke	ge	he	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ]

• Audio:

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Preposition

ke

1. to
2. toward, towards

Synonyms

• k
• ku

Further reading

• “ke”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ke”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

From French que, Italian che.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ke

Conjunction

ke

1. that

Finnish

Noun

ke

1. abbreviation of keskiviikko

Anagrams

• EK

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/

Etymology 1

From French que (“that”).

Pronoun

ke

1. (relative, object of relative clause) that

Usage notes

• This word is often omitted.

Etymology 2

From French queue (“tail”).

Noun

ke

1. tail

Etymology 3

From French que (“than”).

Preposition

ke

1. than

Alternative forms

• pase

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Particle

ke

1. (Yavapai) not, negation particle

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• ka

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te (compare Maori te)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/

Article

ke (definite)

1. the

Usage notes

• Modifies words which begin with the letters 'k', 'a', 'e', and 'o'.

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 街 (“street; market; fair; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 街).

For pronunciation and definitions of ke – see 加 (“to add; more”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 加).

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/, /kɛ/

Etymology 1

From Esperanto ke, from French que, Portuguese que, Spanish que, Italian che.

Conjunction

ke

1. that

   Me konocas ke tu volas helpar me.

   I know that you want to help me

Usage notes

The conjugation can also be used in combination with a preposition to make it a conjugation. See: pro ke, por ke, dum ke, depos ke, and til ke.

Etymology 2

From k +‎ -e.

Noun

ke (plural ke-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

See also

• Latin script letter names: literi: a · be · ce · che · de · e · fe · ge · he · i · je · ke · le · me · ne · o · pe · que · re · se · she · te · u · ve · we · xe · ye · ze ^[edit]

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ke, from Old Malay ka. For the verb sense, due to the dropping of preceding verb pergi (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkə], (colloquially, before words starting in vowels, and sometimes starting in consonants) [ˈk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kê

Preposition

kê

1. to

   Semalam aku pergi ke rumah teman.

   Last night I went to a friend’s home.

Verb

ke

1. (colloquial) to go

   Tadi malam aku ke rumah teman.

   Last night I went to a friend’s home.

See also

• dari

Italian

Etymology

Shorter, written form of che

Pronoun

ke

1. (informal, often in Internet chat or in SMS messages) who; which; what; that; than

Japanese

Romanization

ke

1. The hiragana syllable け (ke) or the katakana syllable ケ (ke) in Hepburn romanization.

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish que.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke/ [ˈkɛ]
• Hyphenation: ke

Conjunction

ke (colloquial)

1. even if; whether

   Synonyms: agyang, man, mo, ambus, maski

   Kemakanini kemakanita...

   Even if this is like this or that...

Related terms

• kesyo
• porke

Pronoun

ke

1. alternative spelling of kami
2. alternative spelling of ko
3. alternative spelling of kuya

Kapampangan personal pronouns

		absolute		ergative	oblique
		disjunctive	enclitic
first person	singular	aku/i aku/yaku	ku		kanaku
	plural inclusive	ikatamu	katamu/tamu	tamu/ta	kekatamu
	plural exclusive	ikami, ike	kami/ke	mi	kekami/keke
second person	singular	ika	ka	mu	keka
	plural	ikayu/iko	kayu/ko	yu	kekayu/keko
third person	singular	iya/ya	ya	na	keya/kaya
	plural	ila	la	da/ra	karela

Kholosi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition

ke

1. accusative case marker
2. dative case marker

   Yunos mānāske nāmo nevisay

   Yunes wrote a letter to his mother.

References

• Rezaei, Tahereh (2020), First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization