yakni
Choctaw
Noun
yakni (transcription yakní', alienable)
- the Earth, the world
- earth, soil, ground
- country
- Chahta yakni
- Choctaw country
Declension
| possessive (alienable) | singular | paucal | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| first-person ("my, our") | a̱yakni | pi̱yakni | hapi̱yakni |
| second-person ("thy, your") | chi̱yakni | hachi̱yakni | |
| third-person ("his, her, its, their") | i̱yakni | ||
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay yaini, yakni, ya`ani, from Classical Malay ينا (iáni), يني (iany), ياءني (ya`ni), يعني (yakni), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʿnī).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaʔni/
- Rhymes: -ni, -i
- Hyphenation: yak‧ni
Conjunction
yakni
- that is, in other words, i.e.
Synonyms
- yaitu, dengan kata lain, ialah
References
- Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936
Further reading
- “yakni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.