kade

English

Etymology

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Noun

kade (plural kades)

1. The sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus

Synonyms

• ked

Translations

Anagrams

• Dake, Deak, aked, deka-

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kaai

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cade, later also caey, from a Celtic word for "field, hedge," from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“enclosure”). The word may have been borrowed through Old French cai.

A hypercorrection of kaai, as the original word was thought to have contained -d-, which tends to be replaced by -j- in many words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.də/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə
• Homophone: Kade

Noun

kade f (plural kades or kaden, diminutive kadetje n)

1. quay, wharf

Derived terms

• kademuur

References

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kadëh. Related to Finnish kade.

Adjective

kade

1. envious

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kadëh (compare Estonian kade, Karelian kajeh, Livonian kaʼd, Veps kadeh, Votic kateh), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skaþiz (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍃 (skaþis)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑdeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑde
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧de

Adjective

kade (comparative kateempi, superlative katein) (rare)

1. (now chiefly colloquial) envious

Usage notes

The colloquial use of this adjective is mainly predicative and thus not inflected.

Declension

Synonyms

• (envious): kateellinen

Derived terms

See also

• kateenkorva

Further reading

• “kade”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• deka-

Gonja

Etymology

Cognate with Chumburung kade̱, Nawuri kadɛ.

Noun

kade (plural ade)

1. town

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• kate

Etymology

Related to Middle Armenian գաթայ (gatʻay). According to Ačaṙyan, borrowed from Armenian.

Noun

kade ?

1. gata

References

• Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “كاده ,كادك”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 321a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 500
• Rizgar, Baran (1993) “kade”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, London: M. F. Onen, page 106a

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /káːde/

Adverb

káde

1. long ago
2. already

Conjunction

káde

1. and then

Verb

-kade^?

1. (auxiliary) only just has/have been

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “kade”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kade (3.9)”
• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-kade”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-kade”