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English
Etymology
From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kie
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow
1567, Ovid, “The Seconde Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, , London: Willyam Seres , →OCLC:And if thou zawest any kie come royling through this grounde,
Or driven away, tell what he was and where they may be vownde.
References
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -e (correlative suffix of place)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
kie (accusative kien)
- where
Tie li trovis post unuhora promenado kaj pridemandado la ponton, kie li trovos sian feliĉon.- There he found, after one hour of walking and interrogating, the bridge, where he would find his happiness.
Adverb
kie (accusative kien)
- where
Derived terms
Usage notes
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kie can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kie ajn thus means wherever.
See also
Lautu Chin
Pronunciation
IPA(key):
Verb
kie
- to fry
References
- Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures, volume 3, number 1
Middle English
Noun
kie
- plural of cou
Descendants
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ke.
Pronoun
kie
- who
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English kaye, from Old French kay, cail.
Pronunciation
Noun
kie
- quay
1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "- I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50