kj

See also: kJ and .kj

Translingual

Symbol

kj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kwanyama.

Dutch

Noun

kj n (uncountable)

1. (chiefly birdwatching and ornithology) Abbreviation of kalenderjaar (“calendar year”).

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ki/
  • Conventional anglicization: ki

Verb

 2ae inf.

1. (transitive) to clamor, to cry out

Inflection

Conjugation of kj (second weak / 2ae inf. / II. inf.) — base stem: kj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
kj	kjw, kj	kjt	kj, j.kj	kj, j.kj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
kj	ḥr kj	m kj	r kj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	kj.n	kjw, kj	consecutive	kj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	kjt
perfective3	kj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	kj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	kj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	kjw1, kj	kj	potentialis1	kj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	kj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	kj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	kj	active + .tj1, .tw2	kj	kj2, kjw2 5, kjy2 5
imperfective	kj, kjy, kjw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	kj, kjj6, kjy6	kj, kjw5
prospective	kj, kjtj7	—	kjtj4, kjt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280.