če
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin qui, Avestan čī, Old Saxon hwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃɛ/
Conjunction
če
- (Kajkavian) if
- 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala
- I če je sunce čas,
- Za oblak taki zajde.
- 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala
Synonyms
- ako
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin qui, Avestan čī, Old Saxon hwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛ/
Conjunction
če
- if (supposing that, in the case that)
Further reading
- “če”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
čȅ
- third-person singular present of hoteti
Tsafiki
Pronoun
če
- I; the first-person singular pronoun used by children
Coordinate terms
- la (first-person singular masculine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult men)
- čiʰké (first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women)
- čiʰke-lá (first-person plural pronoun)
References
- The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)