different between kytle vs kyle

English

Etymology

From Old English (pre-1500) kirtle - a man's short coat or tunic. Possibly related to Yiddish ????? (kitl) via Old high German.

Noun

kytle (plural kytles)

1. (dialect) A light jacket or short coat.

Usage notes

• The word is quoted in Craven Dialect (1828), and is still in use throughout parts of the North Pennines five hundred years after it went out of use (with this meaning) in standard English.

Anagrams

• Kelty, ketyl

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophones: chyle, kile, Kyle

Noun

kyle (plural kyles)

1. (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

1. woman

References

• Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch