different between kati vs kaki

English

Alternative forms

• catty
• katti, katty (both obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kati; see below.

Noun

kati (plural katis)

1. (rare, Britain, historical) A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies.

Derived terms

• caddy (chest)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “kati”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Kait, Kita, ikat, taki, tika

Arawak

Noun

kati

1. (Eastern Arawak) moon.

Synonyms

• kathi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ti

Verb

kati

1. to prime; to prepare a mechanism for its main work
2. to keep an amount; often coins; in a wallet, cash register, etc., sometimes superstitiously serving as a charm for money or a talisman for money troubles
3. (of a childless couple) to adopt a child in order to promote child bearing, often superstitiously to persuade a higher power to confer a biological child

Noun

kati

1. that which is used as priming

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kati.

Anagrams

• atik, kiat, kita

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kac?]

Noun

kati

1. nominative/vocative plural of kat

Dutch

Alternative forms

• katje
• katti
• kattie

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kati, see below.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ti

Noun

kati m (plural kati's, diminutive katietje n)

1. A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol, about 625 (other source: 616.7) grams, used in China, Indonesia and Japan.
2. A leaden box fitting such weight, notably to ship tea

Derived terms

• theekatje

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English card.

Noun

k?t?? m (plural k?tun??, possessed form k?tìn)

1. card
2. playing card
3. gambling with cards

Ido

Noun

kati

1. plural of kato

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kati/
• Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i

Noun

kati (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kati-kati, informal 1st possessive katiku, impolite 2nd possessive katimu, 3rd possessive katinya)

1. A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol, about 616.7 grams, used in China, Indonesia (mostly Malay-speaking) and Japan.

Descendants

• English: caddy, caddie, catty

Further reading

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

Miskito

Noun

kati

1. moon

Mwani

Noun

kati 9 (plural kati)

1. middle

Slovak

Noun

kati

1. nominative plural of kat

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kati (n class, plural kati)

1. Alternative form of katikati

Adverb

kati

1. Alternative form of katikati

Preposition

kati

1. Alternative form of katikati

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?ka.ti/
• Hyphenation: ka?ti
• Rhymes: -ati

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qati, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCi. Cognate with Ilocano ati (“dry, evaporated”), Pangasinan kati, and Wolio kaati (“shallowness, low tide”).

Noun

kati

1. low tide; ebb tide; ebb
2. land not reached by sea or rivers
3. land as opposed to sea

Adjective

kati

1. receded (said of tides)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay kati. Cognate with Ilocano kati and Bikol Central kati.

Noun

kati

1. unit of weight equivalent to 623.70 grams or 20 ounces

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (ko?i, “ten million”), presumably through Malay keti (“hundred thousand”).

Noun

kati

1. (mathematics) ten million

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ti/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatel, from Proto-Austronesian *gaCel. Cognate with Ilocano gatel, Kapampangan gatal, Bikol Central gatol, Waray-Waray katol, Maranao gatel, Malagasy hatina, Malay gatal, and Manggarai katel.

Noun

katí

1. itch; itchiness
2. (figuratively) urge; lust

   Synonyms: tukso, hibo, simbuyo

3. (figuratively) restlessness; uneasiness

   Synonyms: balisa, pagkabalisa

Derived terms

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ti?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

Noun

katî

1. clicking sound
2. act of testing the durability (of wood, metal, etc.) by knocking

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *kátiq. Cognate with Ibaloi kati (“rooster trained to lure wild roosters”), Hanunoo kati (“decoy wild cock”), Aklanon kati (“to decoy, entice”), and Maranao kati' (“bantam”).

Noun

katî

1. act of luring birds or fowls with a decoy
2. decoy for birds or fowls
3. enticement; persuasion

   Synonyms: paghimok, pagrahuyo

Derived terms

Anagrams

• kita, tika, taki

Volapük

Noun

kati

1. accusative singular of kat

Whitesands

Numeral

kati

1. one

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68

Zacatepec Chatino

Numeral

kati

1. seven

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??ki/, /?kæki/
• Homophone: khaki

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese ? (kaki).

Noun

kaki (plural kakis)

1. a persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

kaki

1. Misspelling of khaki.

Anagrams

• kaik

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaki/
• Hyphenation: ka?ki

Noun

kaki

1. leg
2. (anatomy) foot
3. foot (unit of measure)

Synonyms

• (part of the body): batis

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ? (kaki).

Noun

kaki n (indeclinable)

1. persimmon fruit

Synonyms

• tomel
• churma

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ki/, [?k?ki]
• Rhymes: -?ki
• Syllabification: ka?ki

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese ? (kaki).

Noun

kaki

1. persimmon

Declension

Synonyms

• kakiluumu
• persimon
• persimoni
• sharon

Etymology 2

Verb

kaki

1. Indicative present connegative form of kakkia.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kakkia.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kakkia.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ki/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese ? (kaki); brought over from Japan in the nineteenth century.

Noun

kaki m (plural kakis)

1. persimmon, Sharon fruit
2. a persimmon tree

Etymology 2

Spelling evolved from khaki which was brought into French usage from the English, Hindu, Urdu and Persian word.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) khaki

Noun

kaki m or f (plural kakis)

1. the colour khaki

Adjective

kaki (plural kakis)

1. of the colour khaki

German

Alternative forms

• khaki

Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?ki/
• Hyphenation: ka?ki

Adjective

kaki (not comparable)

1. (indeclinable) khaki (color)

References

• “kaki” in Duden online
• “kaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From kaka (“excrement”) +? -i (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?ki]
• Hyphenation: ka?ki
• Rhymes: -ki

Noun

kaki (plural kakik)

1. (informal, often childish) poo, poop (feces)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• (feces): kaki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (alternative form of khaki): kaki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kaki]
• Hyphenation: ka?ki

Etymology 1

From Malay kaki, from Proto-Malayic *kaki (compare Malay kaki), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay (compare Cia-Cia ?? (kkakke)), from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay).

Noun

kaki (first-person possessive kakiku, second-person possessive kakimu, third-person possessive kakinya)

1. (anatomy) foot (part of body), leg

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kaki (first-person possessive kakiku, second-person possessive kakimu, third-person possessive kakinya)

1. grandfather.

   Synonyms: aki, kakek

Etymology 3

From Japanese ?(??) (kaki, “persimmon”).

Noun

kaki (first-person possessive kakiku, second-person possessive kakimu, third-person possessive kakinya)

1. persimmon.

   Synonyms: kesemek, persimon

Etymology 4

From Dutch kaki (“khaki”), from Hindi–Urdu ????? / ????? (x?k?), from Persian ????? (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

Noun

kaki (first-person possessive kakiku, second-person possessive kakimu, third-person possessive kakinya)

1. alternative spelling of khaki.

Further reading

• “kaki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

kaki (invariable)

1. Alternative form of cachi

Noun

kaki m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of cachi

Japanese

Romanization

kaki

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kak?i]

Determiner

kaki

1. what?, what kind of?, what sort of?

Declension

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kaki (compare Indonesian kaki), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay (compare Cia-Cia ?? (kkakke)), from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaki/
• Rhymes: -aki, -ki, -i

Noun

kaki (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kaki-kaki, informal 1st possessive kakiku, impolite 2nd possessive kakimu, 3rd possessive kakinya)

1. (anatomy) foot (part of body), leg

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: kaki

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

Noun

kaki m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) khaki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English khaki.

Noun

kaki m (definite singular kakien, uncountable)

1. khaki

Adjective

kaki (definite and plural kaki or kakie)

1. khaki

Etymology 2

Noun

kaki m (definite singular kakien, indefinite plural kakiar, definite plural kakiane)

1. (botany) a persimmon

Anagrams

• akki, kika

Panyjima

Noun

kaki

1. Bird.

References

• Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima", in R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake: The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?ki/

Adjective

kaki m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. khaki

Declension

Noun

kaki n (uncountable)

1. khaki (colour)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ka??? ki??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ka??? k?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ka??? k?j??]
• Phonetic: ca ki

Noun

kaki

1. khaki