kei

kei

1. dative plural of ka

• IPA^(key): [kəi], /kəj/

kei m (plural keun)

1. Alternative form of ki

• IPA^(key): /kei/

kei

1. to fall

• 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.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

kei m (plural keien, diminutive keitje n)

1. cobble, cobblestone
2. pebble
3. boulder

• eik

kei

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

kei

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

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

kei

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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /ke.i/, [kɛ.i]

kei

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

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

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

kei

1. I; me

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

Variant spelling of kye, from Old English cǣg.

• IPA^(key): /kʌj/

kei (plural keis)

1. (South Scots) a key

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

kei

1. I

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

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

kei

1. I

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