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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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kyle
English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrows”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
- Homophones: chyle, kile, Kyle
Noun
kyle (plural kyles)
- (Scotland) A narrow sea channel or arm of the sea in Scotland.
Derived terms
- Kyle of Lochalsh
- Kyle of Tongue
Translations
References
- “kyle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “kyle” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- Lyke, lyke, yelk
Nisenan
Noun
kyle
- woman
References
- Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch
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