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I came across the sentence 「宇宙KOMAなりき」in a Dragon Ball song. The context is
like this:

```

    回り磁極踊れば 
    大地も空も 
    世界は巡る 
    宇宙KOMAなりき
    
```

The song lyrics are here: <http://www.kget.jp/lyric/112532/KOMA_CHIHO>

What can possibly mean なりき? My first guess was that it came from a verb
(なりく？？) or be a な+Noun pattern. Or even なり＋気. What do you guys think?
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What does 「なりき」 mean in this context?
「～～なりき」 in Classical Japanese is 「～～であった」 or more informally, 「～～だった」 in
Modern Japanese.

It is a past-tense affirmation/declaration.

「なり」 is an affirmation auxiliary verb. 「き」 is an auxiliary verb denoting the
past tense. It has nothing to do with 「気{き}」.

Thus, 「宇宙{うちゅう}KOMAなりき」 means:

> "The universe was a top."

Again, in Modern Japanese, that would be 「宇宙 **は** KOMAであった」
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