English

Noun

kie pl ‎(plural only)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) kine; cows

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Esperanto

Etymology

ki- ‎(“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -e ‎(“correlative suffix of place”)

Pronunciation

Conjunction

kie ‎(accusative kien)

1. where

   Tie li trovis post unuhora promenado kaj pridemandado la ponton, kie li trovos sian feliĉon.

   There he found, after one hour of walking and interrogating, the bridge, where he would find his happiness.

Adverb

kie ‎(accusative kien)

1. where

Derived terms

• kie ajn ‎(“wherever”)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kie can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kie ajn thus means wherever.

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken and Hungarian ki are derived.

Pronoun

kie

1. who

Yola

Noun

kie

1. quay

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)