different between kes vs oes

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

oes

1. (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic

     Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Masques and Triumphs

     The Colours, that shew best by Candlelight, are; White, Carnation, and a Kinde of Sea-Water-Greene; And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.

Anagrams

• -ose, E&Os, Eos, OSE, SEO, SOE, Seo, Soe, soe

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/

Noun

oes (plural oeste)

1. harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

1. second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oes/, [?o.es]

Noun

oes

1. plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /o???s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?i?s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /o?s/, /we?s/

Etymology 1

Cognate with English "if is", German "ob ist". Probably Celtic "op is" with the p disapearing giving "o is".

Verb

oes

1. (in a question) is there; are there.
2. (in answer to a question beginning with oes) yes.

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *o?s, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

1. age, period

Derived terms

• ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
• goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
• yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)
• yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 51