që

See also: qe, QE, q.e., and 🜀

Albanian

Alternative forms

• qi

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kai. Alternatively from Latin quī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cə/, /c͡ɕə/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə/, /t͡ʃə/ (Gheg subdialects)

Conjunction

që

1. (relative) that, which

   Synonym: se

   Është ai që po kërkojmë.

   It's him that we're looking for.

   A kishe parë librat që bleva?

   Have you seen the books (that) I bought?

Pronoun

që

1. who, whom, that, which

   Replaces noun or pronoun. Connects dependent determinative sentence

   Synonyms: cili, cila, ky, kjo, kush

2. when, where

   Used in the sense of (local) 'where' and (temporal) 'when'. Specifies time and place/starting point of an action

   Synonyms: ku, kur

Adverb

që

1. since, from

   Synonyms: qysh, prej

   Që i ri... ― Since (he was) young...

Derived terms

• qëkur
• qëkurse

Related terms

• që këtej
• që kur
• që lashtë
• me që

See also

• se
• qe (“now, here”)

Further reading

• [1] conjunction(/particle)/pronoun/adverb që (engl.: that, which / who(m), that, which; when, where / since, from) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Drehu

Noun

që

1. (anatomy) mouth

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.