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qui.

who, that, which, what

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

pron[ˈkʷiː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷiː]

  1. who, that, which, what

    pronoun · relative
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin qui From earlier quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos.

det[ˈkʷiː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷiː]

  1. what, what kind of, what sort of, which

    interrogative

  2. any, any sort of

    indefinite · not-clause-initial · usually

  3. any, any sort of

    indefinite · not-clause-initial
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin qui From earlier quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos.

adv[ˈkʷiː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷiː]

  1. In what way? how? whereby? by what means? why?

    interrogative · not-comparable

  2. wherewith, whereby, wherefrom, how; that, in order that

    not-comparable · relative

  3. somehow, surely

    indefinite · not-comparable

  4. at what price, (for) how much, how dear?

    interrogative · not-comparable · rare

  5. at which price, for how much, as dear as

    not-comparable · rare · relative
Where this word comes from

Old instrumental case of quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₁ (“how?”). Cognate with English why.

pron[ˈkʷiː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷiː]

  1. nominative masculine plural of quis

    form-of · masculine · nominative · plural
Where this word comes from

Inflection of quis.

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