different between kay vs kaf

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation of okay): 'kay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Interjection

kay

1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of okay.

Noun

kay (plural kays)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.
2. (colloquial) A kilometer.
3. (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).
4. Dated form of cay.

Derived terms

• (letter): okay, kayo

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Anagrams

• kya, yak

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?j/

Determiner

kay

1. his

See also

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aguacateca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

1. fish

References

• Julia Becker de Richards, Maya' Choltzij: vocabulario comparativo de los idiomas Mayas de Guatemala (2003)
• Ryan Bennett, Mayan Phonology (2015)

Dibabawon Manobo

Conjunction

kay

1. because

Haitian Creole

Noun

kay

1. house

Kalasha

Adverb

kay

1. when

Conjunction

kay

1. when

Noun

kay

1. when

Pronoun

kay

1. when

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ceó (“mist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?e?/

Noun

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

1. (weather) fog

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mapudungun

Conjunction

kay (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. and

Quechua

Determiner

kay

1. this

See also

• chay
• haqay

Noun

kay

1. being, essence

Declension

Pronoun

kay

1. this

Declension

Verb

kay

1. to be

2. to exist
3. An auxiliary verb

Conjugation

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cay (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai/, [kxa??]

Preposition

kay

1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

Adjective

kay

Turkish

Verb

kay

1. second-person singular imperative of kaymak

Yapese

Verb

kay

1. to eat

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• cay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

kay (plural kayo?ob)

1. fish

References

• Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), ?ISBN, page 91: “KAY”
• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 307: “KAY”
• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 178: “Pexe. Cay.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ?ISBN, page 60: “kay”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 45: “CAY, CAYIL: pez, pescado.”

English

Noun

kaf (plural kafs)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ?? (k)
2. Alternative spelling of kaph

See also

• (letter of the Arabic alphabet) Previous: ?? (q). Next: ?? (l)

Anagrams

• AFK, FKA, afk, f.k.a., f/k/a, fak, fka

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch caf, from Old Dutch *kaf, from Proto-Germanic *kaf?.

Cognate German Kaff, English chaff, West Frisian tsjêf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

kaf n (uncountable)

1. chaff

Finnish

Noun

kaf

1. kaph, kaf (eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-second letter of the Arabic script)

Declension

Synonyms

• (Arabic kaf): k?f

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Noun

kaf n (genitive singular kafs, no plural)

1. the state of being submerged, immersed; submersion, immersion

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?? (k, “kaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf/
• Hyphenation: kaf

Noun

kaf

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ?? (k)

Etymology 2

From Dutch kaft (“book cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf/
• Hyphenation: kaf

Noun

kaf

1. cover (book)

   Synonym: sampul

Further reading

• “kaf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew ????? (kap?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kaf/
• Hyphenation: kàf

Noun

kaf m or f (invariable)

1. kaph, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?

See also

• kappa

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?f/

Verb

kaf

1. past participle of kafen
2. second-person singular imperative of kafen

Middle English

Noun

kaf

1. Alternative form of chaf

Volapük

Noun

kaf (nominative plural kafs)

1. coffee

Declension