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kye
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English c? (“cows”), plural of c? (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?/
Noun
kye
- (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow
- 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.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 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.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- ki
- ky
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?/
Noun
kye (uncountable)
- (Britain, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).
- 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.
- 2013, David Arnold, Hursey in Conflict: A Story of Love and Victory (page 73)
Etymology 3
From Korean ?(?) (gye).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kje?/
Noun
kye (plural kyes)
- A Korean fundraising meeting.
Anagrams
- Key, key
Middle English
Noun
kye
- Alternative form of kie
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old English c?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kae/
Noun
kye
- plural of coo
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?j/
Noun
kye (plural kyes)
- (South Scots) a key
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aye
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English aye, ai, a??, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiw? (“ever, always”) (compare Old English ?wo, ?wa, ?, ?, Middle Dutch ie, German je), from *aiwaz (“age; law”) (compare Old English ?(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyu- (“long time”) (compare Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n)). Doublet of aevum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- (sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: ay, eye, I
Adverb
aye (not comparable)
- (archaic) ever, always
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
- The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.
- 1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth:
- Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aye.
References
Etymology 2
"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. More at oh, yea.
Alternative forms
- ay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: ay, eye, I
Interjection
aye
- yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
Usage notes
- It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, the northern counties of Ireland, North Wales, as well as in Australia and New Zealand (where it may follow rather than precede a statement). Also notably seen in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.
Synonyms
- yes
- yea
Antonyms
- nay
- no
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Noun
aye (plural ayes)
- An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
- "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."
Synonyms
- yes
Translations
References
Etymology 3
Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??/, /æ??/
Interjection
aye
- (MLE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
- Synonyms: hey, oi, I say
Anagrams
- yae, yea
Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi aye. Doublet of saya.
Pronoun
aye
- (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my
Synonyms
Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:
- gue, ogut
Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:
- aku (informal)
- ku
- daku (poetic)
- saya (formal)
- gua, gw (Java)
- hamba
Middle English
Noun
aye (plural ayer or ayren)
- Alternative form of ei
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ?. See the etymology for the English word above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?/
Adverb
aye (not comparable)
- always, still
Interjection
aye
- yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question
Spanish
Noun
aye m (plural ayes)
- whine; whining; whinging
Yoruba
Noun
ayé
- world
- life
Noun
àyè
- chance, opportunity
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