kain

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See also: Kain and käin

English

Etymology

From Irish cáin.

Pronunciation

Noun

kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)

  1. (Scots law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
    • 1798, Robert Douglas, General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk:
      hens […] in most leases make a part of the rent, under the name of kain, and are generally kept for conveniency or profit.

References

Anagrams

Banyumasan

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ (kain, “cloth”), from Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

kain

  1. cloth
  2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧in
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʔin/,

Verb

kain

  1. (Daet) to eat; to dine
  2. (Daet) to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
  3. (Daet) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kain/

Noun

kain

  1. cloth
  2. textile

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

káin

  1. long skirt
    Synonym: pandiling

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kain (first-person possessive kainku, second-person possessive kainmu, third-person possessive kainnya)

  1. cloth
  2. textile

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kain

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かいん

Javanese

Alternative forms

Other scripts
Carakan ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀
Roman kain

Etymology

From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

kain

  1. cloth
  2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kain”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • “kain” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary , Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java , 2021.

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Noun

kain

  1. skirt

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kain (Jawi spelling کاءين, plural kain-kain, informal 1st possessive kainku, 2nd possessive kainmu, 3rd possessive kainnya)

  1. cloth
  2. textile

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kain

Further reading

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English kind.

Noun

kain

  1. kind (of)
    • 2023, “'Nigerians prefer to welcome criminals into society dan transgender pipo' - Jay Boogie”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:
      From dinner gowns to see-through dresses, den crop tops, jumpsuits, bum shots and short dresses na di kain clothes wey Jay Boogie dey wear.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʔin/,
  • Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

káin (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. act or manner of eating or consuming food
  2. mealtime
  3. amount of food eaten at a time
  4. action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface
    Synonyms: kagat, talab

Derived terms

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kind.

Noun

kain

  1. kind; type

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