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{{also|Kien|kiên|Kiên|kiện|kiến|Kiến}}
==Bau Bidayuh==

===Noun===
{{head|sne|noun}}

# [[fish]] {{gloss|vertebrate animal}}

{{C|sne|Fish|Vertebrates}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{af|eo|kie|-n}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA|a=Eo-kien.ogg}}

===Adverb===
{{eo-head}}

# [[whither]], to [[where]] {{qualifier|interrogative correlative of direction}}

====Usage notes====
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, [[kien]] can be combined with {{m|eo|ajn}}, the adverbial particle of generality. {{m|eo|'''Kien''' [[ajn]]}} thus means "''(to) [[wherever]]''" or "''[[whitherever]]''".

====Related terms====
{{col4|eo
|tien
|ien
|ĉien
|nenien
}}

===See also===
{{eo-correlatives}}

==Javanese==

===Determiner===
{{head|jv|determiner}}

# {{label|jv|Cirebon}} [[this]], [[these]]

==Maltese==
{{mt-root|k-w-n}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mt|ar|كَانَ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/kɪːn/}}
* {{audio|mt|LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-kien.wav}}

===Verb===
{{mt-verb|jkun|vn=kewn|vn2=kjien}}

# to [[be]]
#* {{quote-book|mt
|author=Trevor Żahra
|title=Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti
|year=2008
|isbn=9789990914047
|publisher=Merlin Publishers
|text=Missieri '''kien''' niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.
}}
#* {{quote-book|mt
|author=Antoinette Borg
|title=Amina
|year=2018
|isbn=9789990917765
|publisher=Merlin Publishers
|text=Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li '''kien''' imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.
}}

====Usage notes====
* When used as an independent verb, the imperfect form of ''kien'' has the sense of the future: ''Inkun miljunarju.'' – “I will be a millionaire.” The present tense is expressed by the subject pronouns without a verb: {{m|mt|jien|Jien}} ''miljunarju''. – “I am a millionaire.”
* As a subordinate verb, the imperfect of ''kien'' is used in the normal fashion: ''Irrid inkun miljunarju.'' – “I want to be a millionaire.” The same is true of the perfect: ''Kont miljunarju.'' — “I was a millionaire.”

====Conjugation====
{{mt-conj/I-hollow|k|n|ie|u}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|mt|kieku|kell|inkella|jekk}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun form}}

# {{alt form|enm|kyne}}

==Volapük==

===Noun===
{{vo-noun}}

# knee

====Declension====
{{vo-decl-noun}}