če

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin qui, Avestan čī, Old Saxon hwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛ/

Conjunction

če

1. (Kajkavian) if

   Synonym: ako

   • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala:

     I če je sunce čas,
     Za oblak taki zajde.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin qui, Avestan čī, Old Saxon hwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛ/

Conjunction

če

1. if (supposing that, in the case that)

Further reading

• “če”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

čȅ

1. third-person singular present of hoteti

Tsafiki

Pronoun

če

1. I; the first-person singular pronoun used by children

Coordinate terms

• la (first-person singular masculine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult men)
• čiʰké (first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women)
• čiʰke-lá (first-person plural pronoun)

References

• The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)