kiam

ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -am (“correlative suffix of time”). Originally kian in the earliest Esperanto texts; see -am for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiam/

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• Rhymes: -iam
• Syllabification: ki‧am

kiam

2. when (relative correlative of time)
   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Kiam ŝi havis 21 jarojn, ŝi konvertiĝis al budhismo.

     When she was 21 years old, she converted to Buddism.

kiam

2. when (interrogative correlative of time)

• kiam ajn (“whenever”)

• “kiam”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kiam”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “kiam, as, when”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 97, 178, 414
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “as, once, that, when, where”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 46, 357, 530, 580
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “kiam”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 205
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “kiam”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 65

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