kio

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkio]
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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ki‧o

kio (accusative singular kion)

1. what (the interrogative and relative correlative of objects)
2. which

   Mi daŭrigis mian laboron, ĝis kiam iu knabo aŭ virino diris "bagus, bagus", kio signifas "tre bela".

   I continued my work, until some boy or woman said "bagus, bagus", which means "very pretty".

• Like other correlatives of objects, and unlike English what, kio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.
• The plural forms kioj and kiojn are nonstandard and rare.

• kio ajn (“whatever”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian tiram, Maori tio).

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.o/, [ˈtijo]

kio

1. mollusc
2. oyster

• “kio” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

From Hokkien 轎／轿 (kiō, “palanquin”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkio̯]
• Hyphenation: kio

kio (first-person possessive kioku, second-person possessive kiomu, third-person possessive kionya)

1. palanquin.

   Synonyms: pelangkin, tandu

• “kio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

kio

1. chicken

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

From -kia (“hear”).

kio class 5 (plural mahio class 6)

1. ear

• “kio” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

• kieo

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kiɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kijɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {kiyew}

kio

1. orange colored

kio

1. the color orange

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

kio

1. how (used as modifier to indicate surprise, delight or other strong feeling)