kes

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kes"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kes (uncountable)

  1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

kes

  1. (UK, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

Pronoun

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

  1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Declension of kes (type irregular)
singular plural
nominative kes kes
genitive kelle kellede
partitive keda keda
illative kellesse kelledesse
inessive kelles kelledes
elative kellest kelledest
allative kellele kelledele
adessive kellel kelledel
ablative kellelt kelledelt
translative kelleks kelledeks
terminative kelleni kelledeni
essive kellena kelledena
abessive kelleta kelledeta
comitative kellega kelledega
Declension of kes (type irregular)
singular plural
nominative kes kes
genitive kelle kelle
partitive keda keda
illative kellesse kellesse
inessive kelles kelles
elative kellest kellest
allative kellele kellele
adessive kellel kellel
ablative kellelt kellelt
translative kelleks kelleks
terminative kelleni kelleni
essive kellena kellena
abessive kelleta kelleta
comitative kellega kellega

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kès

  1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.
    Synonyms: kontan, tunai

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kes.

Related terms

Further reading

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From English case, from Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”).

Noun

kés (Jawi spelling کيس, plural kes-kes, informal 1st possessive kesku, 2nd possessive kesmu, 3rd possessive kesnya)

  1. case:
    1. (law) lawsuit, legal proceeding.
    2. (medicine) an instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kes.

Synonyms

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English case.

Noun

kes

  1. case; box; carton

Turkish

Verb

kes

  1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

Interjection

kes!

  1. shut up!
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