Ki° 2nd stem of interrogative pronoun (cf. ka° ku°); 1. in oblique cases of ko (kaḥ, as genitive kissa. locative kismiṃ and kiṃhi. 2. in neuter kiṃ what? (cf. Greek τί, Latin quid; ending °m besides °d in kad, as Latin quom, tum besides quod, the same). 3. in primary derivations, as kittaka, kīva (= Sanskrit kiyant) which stands in same relation to °qṷi as Latin quantus to °qṷo; and in secondary derivations from kiṃ, as kiñci, kiñcakkha, kīdisa, etc.
1) second particle in combined some words. 2) exclamation of calling. 3) numeral for thirty one
1. ki a pronominal base, like 2. ka/ and 1. ku , in the words ki/m , ki/yat , kis , kI-dfkza , kI-df/S , kI-dfSa , kI/vat .
2. ki cl. 3. P. cike/ti . See √ ci .
(pron, pron, interr, base) who?; what?; which?