kî

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

• Rhymes: -iː

kî

1. who (interrogative)

From Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷih₂, *kʷid.

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

kî (often followed by ki or ç' ki, sometimes written çki)

1. who (interrogative pronoun, subject, possibly being followed by "çki" or "k'")

   Kî vént avou mi ? (Who comes with me ?)

   Kî ç' ki vout responde (Who wants to answer?)

2. whom (interrogative pronoun, object, possibly being followed by "çki" or "k'")

   Kî dmandîz ? or Kî k' vos dmandîz ? (Whom did you ask?)

   Avou kî estîz ki cåzéve ? or Avou kî ç' ki vs estîz e trén d' djåzer (With whom were you talking?)

3. who (relative pronoun in a general statement)

   Kî m' inme inme mi tchén (Who likes me likes my dog)

4. one (in a choose)

   Il ont spité evoye, kî a droete, kî a hintche. (They ran away, one on the right, one on the left).