kye
Translingual
Symbol
kyeCategory:Translingual lemmas#KYECategory:Translingual symbols#KYECategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#KYECategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
See also
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#KYECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#KYE ky, kye, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#KYECategory:English terms derived from Old English#KYE cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#KYECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#KYE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#KYEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ#KYECategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable#KYE
- Homophone: KaiCategory:English terms with homophones#KYE
Noun
kyeCategory:English non-lemma forms#KYECategory:English noun forms#KYECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#KYE or dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#KYE) plural of cowCategory:English plurals with umlaut#KYE
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1:
- Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to.Category:English terms with quotations#KYE
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 23:
- devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.Category:English terms with quotations#KYE
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#KYECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#KYE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#KYEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ#KYECategory:Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable#KYE
- Homophone: KaiCategory:English terms with homophones#KYE
Noun
kye (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#KYECategory:English nouns#KYECategory:English uncountable nouns#KYECategory:English uncountable nouns#KYECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
- (UKCategory:British English#KYE, naval slangCategory:English naval slang#KYE) Cocoa (the drink).
- 2009, John Roberts, Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy:
- […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.Category:English terms with quotations#KYE
- 2013, David Arnold, Hursey in Conflict: A Story of Love and Victory, page 73:
- Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.Category:English terms with quotations#KYE
Etymology 3
From KoreanCategory:English terms borrowed from Korean#KYECategory:English terms derived from Korean#KYE 계(契) (gye).
Pronunciation
Noun
kye (plural kyes)Category:English lemmas#KYECategory:English nouns#KYECategory:English countable nouns#KYECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#KYEDrung
| 10 | ||||
| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ti, kye | ||||
Numeral
kyeCategory:Drung lemmas#KYECategory:Drung numerals#KYECategory:Drung entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
kyeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#KYECategory:Japanese romanizations#KYECategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#KYECategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
kyeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#KYECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
- alternative form of keye (“key”)
Etymology 2
Noun
kyeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#KYECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
- alternative form of ky
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old EnglishCategory:Scots terms derived from Old English#KYE cȳ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kyeCategory:Scots non-lemma forms#KYECategory:Scots noun forms#KYECategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE
- plural of coo
- 1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:
- For then I had a score o' kye, / Och-on, Och-on, Och-rie! / Feeding on yon hill sae high, / And giving milk to me.Category:Scots terms with quotations#KYECategory:Requests for translations of Scots quotations#KYE
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
kye (plural kyes)Category:Scots lemmas#KYECategory:Scots nouns#KYECategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#KYECategory:Pages with entries#KYECategory:Pages with 6 entries#KYE