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Translingual
Symbol
kip
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Sheshi Kham .
See also
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
1325–75, Middle English kipp , from Middle Dutch kip , from Middle Low German kip ( “ pack, bundle of hides ” ) .
Noun
kip (countable and uncountable , plural kips )
The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
A bundle or set of such hides.
( obsolete ) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
The leather made from such hide.
1902 , Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), A Double Barrelled Detective Story :'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip .'
Translations
Etymology 2
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe ( “ dive, hovel, cheap inn ” ) and Middle Low German kiffe ( “ hovel ” ) . From the same distant Germanic root as cove .
Noun
kip (plural kips )
( informal , chiefly UK , Ireland ) A place to sleep ; a rooming house ; a bed .
( informal , chiefly UK , Ireland , Commonwealth ) Sleep , snooze , nap , forty winks , doze .
I’m just going for my afternoon kip .
( informal , chiefly UK , Ireland ) A very untidy house or room.
( informal , chiefly UK , Ireland , dated ) A brothel .
Derived terms
Translations
very untidy house or room
Verb
kip (third-person singular simple present kips , present participle kipping , simple past and past participle kipped )
( informal , chiefly UK ) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
Synonym: ( US ) crash
Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
1971 , Richard Carpenter , Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac , Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 56 :"Steady on, mate. How was I to know this was your gaff? I was lookin' for somewhere to kip ."
1997 , J. K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, published 1998 , page 60 :He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry. "You can kip under that," he said. "Don' mind it if wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o' dormice in one o' the pockets."
Derived terms
Translations
to sleep, in a temporary, charitable, or necessary situation
Czech: přespat pf , schrupnout si (cs) pf , zdřímnout si (cs) pf
Dutch: dutten (nl) , een uiltje knappen , ( informal ) maffen (nl)
Finnish: nukkua (fi) , koisata (fi) , punkata (fi)
German: pennen (de) , schlafen (de) , ratzen (de) , pofen (de) , knacken (de)
Russian: перекантова́ться (ru) n ( perekantovátʹsja ) , переночева́ть (ru) n ( perenočevátʹ ) , заночева́ть (ru) n ( zanočevátʹ ) , перекема́рить n ( perekemáritʹ ) , покема́рить (ru) n ( pokemáritʹ ) , всхрапну́ть (ru) n ( vsxrapnútʹ )
Etymology 3
From Middle English kippen , from Old Norse kippa ( “ to pull; snatch ” ) or Middle Dutch kippen ( “ to grasp, seize, catch ” ) . Cognate with Norwegian kippe ( “ to snatch ” ) , Swedish kippa ( “ to snatch; jerk ” ) ; Dutch kippen ( “ to seize; catch ” ) . Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen ( “ to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch ” ) (see keep ).
Verb
kip (third-person singular simple present kips , present participle kipping , simple past and past participle kipped )
( transitive , dialectal , Scotland , Northern England ) To snatch ; take up hastily; filch
( intransitive , obsolete ) To hold or keep (together)
( intransitive , dialectal , Northern England ) To conduct oneself; act
Etymology 4
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound .
Noun
kip (plural kips )
A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf ) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons ); occasionally called the kilopound .
A unit of weight , used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton , or 1000 pounds.
( rare , nonstandard ) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
Etymology 5
1000 kip issued in 2003
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ ( kīp ) .
Noun
kip (plural kip )
The unit of currency in Laos , divided into 100 att , symbol ₭ , abbreviation LAK.
Translations
Etymology 6
Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep , to toss up into the air.[ 1] Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe ( “ stub ” ) .
Noun
kip (plural kips )
( Australia , games , two-up ) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up .
1951 , Jon Cleary , The Sundowners , published 1952 , page 208 :Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip . He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.
2003 , Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior , page 52 :Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip .
2010 , Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue , page 101 :Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.
References
^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 119.
Etymology 7
Unknown.
Noun
kip (plural kips )
( gymnastics ) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars , parallel bars , high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
( Scotland ) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
Derived terms
Translations
gymnastics: move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it
Verb
kip (third-person singular simple present kips , present participle kipping , simple past and past participle kipped )
( gymnastics , intransitive ) To perform the kip maneuver.
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Adjective
kip (comparative daha kip , superlative ən kip )
tight , close ( firmly held together; compact ; not loose or open )
Adverb
kip
tight
kip oturmaq ― to sit closely
qapını kip örtmək ― to shut the door tightly
1988 , Afaq Məsud , Qəza :Paltarın hər iki yanı hazır idi. Qalxıb gecə köynəyini soyundu, paltarı geyinib güzgünün qabağında dayandı. Paltar əyninə kip otururdu. Both sides of the dress were ready. She got up, took off her nightgown, put on the dress, and stood in front of the mirror. The dress sat tightly on her body.
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Gallus gallus (female) in Nederlandsche vogelen , 1770-1829
Possibly from an imitative birdcall.[ 1] Not found in Middle Dutch or other Germanic languages. Displaced the older term hen in northern Dutch around the 18th century.
The policeman sense might be from French "poulet", refering to police station in Paris that was built over a former farm.
Noun
kip f (plural kippen , diminutive kippetje n or kipje n )
( chiefly Netherlands ) a chicken , Gallus gallus domesticus
Synonym: huishoen
a female chicken, a hen
Synonyms: hen , hoen , kieken
( dated , slang , Netherlands ) Synonym of politieagent
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Etymology 2
From Lao ກີບ ( kīp ) .
Noun
kip m (uncountable )
Kip , currency in Laos
References
Anagrams
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English keep .
Pronunciation
Verb
kip
to keep .
2012 , Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment , Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012 , →ISBN , 1 Korintiyan 16:13:Kip unu yai dem uopm, tan op chrang fi wa unu biliiv, no fried a notn an gwaan kip chrang.Keep your eyes open, stand up for what you believe in, fear nothing and keep strong.
to hold a ceremony or event.
1972 , “Beardman Feast”, performed by Max Romeo , (acrolectal):It was Saint Thomas in the east / There some bearded man keep a big feast It was Saint Thomas (parish) in the east / There some bearded men held a big feast
2022 December 18, Carolyn Cooper, “Jamaica a ‘poster child’ fi true”, in The Gleaner :Ascorden to one Gleaner report weh come out Monday gone, prime minister Andrew Holness keep one big meeting pon Internet fi di Jamaican dem a farin. According to a Gleaner report that came out last Monday, prime minister Andrew Holness held a big meeting on the Internet for foreign Jamaicans.
Further reading
Frederic Gomes Cassidy ((Can we date this quote?) ) Dictionary of Jamaican English , page 258
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English cheap .
Adjective
kip (neuter kipt , definite singular and plural kipe , comparative kipare , indefinite superlative kipast , definite superlative kipaste )
( pre-2005 ) alternative form of kjip
Polish
kip
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Lao ກີບ ( kīp ) .
Noun
kip m animal
kip ( unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att )
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kip f
genitive plural of kipa
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kip
second-person singular imperative of kipieć
Further reading
kip in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French kip .
Noun
kip m (plural kipi )
kip
Declension
References
kip in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a , Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From a Turkic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȋp m (Cyrillic spelling ки̑п )
statue
Kip Slobode ― the Statue of Liberty
Zeusov kip u Olimpiji ― the statue of Zeus at Olympia
arheolog je pažljivo ispitao kip ― archeologist has carefully examined the statue
Declension
Derived terms
References
“kip ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
kȋp m inan
statue
Inflection
Tocharian A
Etymology
Compare Tocharian B kwīpe .
Noun
kip m
shame
Turkish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Karakhanid كِيبْ ( kīp ) , ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kēp ( “ form ” ) . The sense is a semantic loan from Arabic صيغة ( “ form ” ) , coined by Hüseyin Hüsâmeddin Yasar in 1926. Popularized during the language reform , displaced Turkish siga , sıyga (Ottoman Turkish صیغه ( siga, sıyga ) ). Doublet of gibi .
Noun
kip (definite accusative kipi , plural kipler )
( grammar , neologism ) verb mood
Declension
References
West Uvean
Etymology
From English key .
Noun
kip
key
References
Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages , in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN