Contionary:kei

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Carnian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь. Cognates include Slovene kaj and Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian kaj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [kɛ̌ɪ̯]

Pronoun

kei

  1. (interrogative) what
    Synonym: che (Central, Kvarner)
  2. (relative) what

Declension

Nominative kei
Accusative kei
Genitive ciesa
Dative ciemo

Siwa

Pronunciation

Noun

kei inan (marked keįe)

  1. lynx, especially the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
    Synonym: piṡvi
  2. (idiomatic) stealthy, elusive person

Inflection

kei — inanimate noun, coalescence-declension
Unmarked
agentive/dative
Marked
patientive/genitive
Locative
inessive illative elative adessive allative ablative
kei keįe