different between kes vs ies

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kes (uncountable)

1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

kes

1. (Britain, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

Anagrams

• Esk, Sek

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

Pronoun

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Derived terms

• keegi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cash, from English cash, from Middle French caisse (“money box”), from Old Occitan caissa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capi? (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to grasp”). Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?s]
• Hyphenation: kès

Adjective

kès (plural kes-kes)

1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.

   Synonyms: kontan, tunai

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kes.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

From English case.

Noun

kes (Jawi spelling ????, plural kes-kes, informal 1st possessive kesku, impolite 2nd possessive kesmu, 3rd possessive kesnya)

1. case.

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kes.

Synonyms

• kasus (Indonesia)

Further reading

• “kes” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English case.

Noun

kes

1. case; box; carton

Turkish

Verb

kes

1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

Antonyms

• kesme

English

Noun

ies

1. (rare) plural of i, the name of the letter I.

Anagrams

• -ise, -sie, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ISE, sei, sie

Aromanian

Verb

ies (third-person singular present indicative iasi/iase, past participle ishitã)

1. Alternative form of es

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz. Cognate with Gothic ???????? (is), German er.

Pronoun

ies

1. he
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Ies Varthata. Ille fecit.

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +? -es (correlative suffix of genitives).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ies/
• Hyphenation: i?es
• Rhymes: -ies

Pronoun

ies (plural ies, accusative singular ies, accusative plural ies)

1. someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)

Derived terms

• ies ajn (“anyone's”)
• iesa?o (“property, s.t. belonging to s.o.”)

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *ikes, borrowed from Old East Slavic ??? (igo) (gen. ??? (iga), *????? (*ižese)), from Proto-Slavic *j?go (gen. *j?ga, *j?žese), from earlier *j?go (gen. *j?ga, *j?gese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ie?s/, [?ie??s?]
• Rhymes: -ies
• Syllabification: ies

Noun

ies

1. yoke
2. (figuratively) yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny

   ikeen alla = under the yoke

Declension

Synonyms

• (yoke, restraint, burden, load): taakka, kuorma, pakko
• (oppression, persecution, repression, slavery, tyranny): sorto, orjuus

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “???”, in Etimologi?eskij slovar? russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Truba?óv, Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, sei, sie

Latvian

Verb

ies

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of iet
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of iet

Old French

Verb

ies

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

Romanian

Verb

ies

1. first-person singular present indicative of ie?i
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of ie?i
3. third-person plural present indicative of ie?i

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) oss
• (Surmiran) òss
• (Puter, Vallader) öss

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

Noun

ies m

1. (Sursilvan) bone

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ?s, from Proto-Germanic *?s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i??s/

Noun

ies c (plural iezen)

1. bait

   Synonym: lokies

2. carrion

Derived terms

• lokies