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Appendix:Variations of "ki" English Infix en infix en pharmacology a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation Derived terms en lebrikizumab Anagrams en ik ik Ik IK Swahili Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-ki.flac Kenya Etymology 1 Infix sw infix sw in second verb in a series while, simultaneity marker sw -na- sw niliwaona wakitembea I saw them walk sw after sw wa -wa continuous aspect marker sw nimekuwa nikiandika I have been writing when, if, conditional mood marker sw -sipo- sw nikinunua if I buy sw ukienda Kenya if you go to Kenya Conjugation ki See also Etymology 2 Infix sw infix it, 7 object concord See also Yoruba Etymology Compare with aqg -kí-, idd -ku- -kú- Interfix yo interfix -kí- adds the meaning "any" to a noun when inserted into the reduplicated form sometimes used pejoratively to mean "bad" yo ọmọ child → yo ọmọkọ́mọ any child, bad child yo fìlà hat → yo fìlàkífìlà any hat yo ẹni one, person → yo ẹnikẹ́ni anyone yo ewé leaf → yo ewékéwé any leaf; bad leaf Usage notes For nouns that start with a vowel, the vowel in kí is deleted, but the high tone is retained. For nouns that start with a consonant, kí is inserted directly.