kini

• Hyphenation: ki‧ni
• IPA^(key): /kiˈni/ [kiˈn̪i]

kiní

1. shudder, shake

   Synonym: takig

2. tremble

   Synonyms: kibig, kubog

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ni.^[1] The initial "k(a/i)-" is a common feature among demonstratives: kiri (“this”), kana (“that”), and kadto (“that”). Related to dinhi (“here”), kanhi (“in former times”), nganhi (“hither”), and anhi (“to come”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Hiligaynon ini, Malay ini.

• kani
• ni — short form, only used mid-sentence

• IPA^(key): /kiˈni/ [kɪˈn̪i]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ni

kiní

1. this (near where the speaker and the listener are)

• kani is the form most commonly used by speakers, while kini may come off as old-fashioned and literary.
• In colloquial usage, the nuances of kiri (“this near me”) and kini (“this near us”) have become blurred, such that both are used interchangeably.

Compare Waray-Waray kini.

IPA^(key): /ˈkini/ [ˈki.n̪ɪ]

• Hyphenation: ki‧ni

kini

1. the live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

   Synonym: kumi

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tini.^[1]

kini

1. a multitude

kini

1. forty thousand

Borrowed from English king.^[1]

kini

1. a king, as in cards

Borrowed from English kin.^[1]

kini

1. kin, relative

Borrowed from English gin.^[1]

kini

1. gin (alcoholic beverage)

Borrowed from English tin.^[1]

kini

1. tin
2. a tin can or pail

Possibly borrowed from English tin.^[1] However, there is no such term included in online marble glossaries.^[2][3][4]

kini

1. the best marble in a game of marbles

borrowed from English zinc.^[1]

kini

1. zinc

• IPA^(key): [ki.niə]
• Rhymes: -ni
• Hyphenation: ki‧ni

kini

1. (interrogative) to where

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkini/
• Rhymes: -ni
• Hyphenation: ki‧ni

kini

1. current, present

   Synonym: sekarang

kini

1. now, today

• “kini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kini

1. (Banawá) green

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

kini

1. Rōmaji transcription of きに

Clipping of kien ki

kini

1. (Cirebon) this, these

• IPA^(key): /kini/
• Rhymes: -ini, -ni
• Rhymes: -i

kini (Jawi spelling کيني)

1. present, current

   masa kini

   the present time

kini (Jawi spelling کيني)

1. now, today

   kini terdapat di kedai yang berdekatan

   now available in your nearest store

• sekarang

• “kini” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Polynesian *kini. Compare Hawaiian ʻiniki (“to pinch, to nip; to be sharp and piercing”, intransitive), ʻiniʻini (“to pinch”, transitive).

kini

1. to pinch, to nip
2. to pinch off

• kini pepa: a paperclip

Borrowed from English guinea.

kini

1. guinea (a coin)

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

Derived from Assamese কিনা (kina).

kini

1. buy

kini

1. woman

• Frantisek Lichtenberk, A Grammar of Toqabaqita

From kí (“to greet”) +‎ ẹni (“a person”)

• IPA^(key): /kí.nĩ̄/

kíni

1. to greet someone

• ìkíni (“greeting”)