ким

ким

See also: КиМ and Ким

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲim]

Noun

ким • (kim) m

1. (uncountable) caraway (Persian cumin, Carum carvi)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular
indefinite	ким kim
definite (subject form)	ки́мът kímǎt
definite (object form)	ки́ма kíma

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Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem, compare Turkish kim.

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

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Karachay-Balkar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

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Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

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Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

   Бул ким? ― Bul kim? ― Who is he?

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kim]

Noun

ким • (kim) m

1. caraway, cumin

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular
indefinite	ким
definite unspecified	кимот
definite proximal	кимов
definite distal	кимон
vocative	киму

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From German Kümmel, from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîm/

Noun

ки̏м m (Latin spelling kȉm)

1. caraway (Persian cumin)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular	plural
nominative	ким	кимови
genitive	кима	кимова
dative	киму	кимовима
accusative	ким	кимове
vocative	киме	кимови
locative	киму	кимовима
instrumental	кимом	кимовима

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîːm/

Pronoun

ки̑м (Latin spelling kȋm)

1. (with) whom (instrumental)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular/plural
nominative	тко̏, ко̏
genitive	ко̀га, ко̏г
dative	ко̀му, ко̀ме, kȍm
accusative	ко̀га, ко̏г
vocative	—
locative	ко̀м, ко̀ме
instrumental	ки̑м, ки́ме

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪm]

Pronoun

ким • (kym)

1. instrumental of хто (xto)

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Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

Derived terms

• ким да (kim da, “anybody, nobody”)
• ким даҕаны (kim dağanı, “anybody, nobody”)
• ким эмэ (kim eme, “anybody”)
• ким эрэ (kim ere, “somebody”)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

ким • (kim)

1. (transitive) to press, to push

   See synonyms at баттаа (battaa).

2. to break through, to advance

   кимэн киир ― kimen kiir ― to advance

3. (as кимэн, followed by a verb) to do something obsessively or corrosively

   кимэн иэстээ ― kimen iestee ― to obsessively demand payment of a debt