different between kyke vs fyke

English

Alternative forms

• keke
• kike

Etymology

From Middle English kiken, keken, perhaps a borrowing from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken. Related to Scots keek, West Frisian kytse, Dutch kijken, Swedish kika, Icelandic kíkja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?k/

Verb

kyke (third-person singular simple present kykes, present participle kyking, simple past and past participle kyked)

1. (obsolete) To look steadfastly; to gaze.

   • This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright,
     As he had kyked on the newe mone.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. (fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.

   Synonym: fyke net, fyke-net

Translations

See also

• fike

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fycz, fic, fike

Etymology

Inherited from Old English f?c, from Vulgar Latin *f?ca, from Latin f?cus. Doublet of fige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?k(?)/

Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

1. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)

Descendants

• English: fike

References

• “f?k(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fyke (present tense fyk, past tense fauk, supine foke, past participle foken, present participle fykande, imperative fyk)

1. Alternative form of fyka