*kī: 'then, now, indeed; that, because, for'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*kī
Meaning	'then, now, indeed; that, because, for'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	-ke 'now'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root kiy
Syrian Aramaic	kay 'now, indeed, verily, truly' (Payne Smith 212)	Payne Smith 212
Hebrew	kī (HALOT 470)	HALOT 470	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	k, ky (HALOT 470)	HALOT 470
Phoenician	k (HALOT 470); k (T 135)	HALOT 470; T 135	gloss withheld
Punic	chy (HALOT 470)	HALOT 470
Aramaic	EgArm. ky (HALOT 470)	HALOT 470
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab k- (SD 75)	SD 75	gloss withheld
Moabite	ky (DNWSI 497)	DNWSI 497	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

LGz. 271 compares Heb. kī 'surely, yea, then', Ug. Ph. k, Aram. Akk. kī. Syr. kay has -ay against kī.

Updated 22 October 2026