klei

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See also: Klei and Kléi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klei, from Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”).

Pronunciation

Noun

klei (uncountable)

  1. clay

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay.

Pronunciation

Noun

klei f (uncountable)

  1. clay

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: klei
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: klei
  • → Caribbean Javanese: klèi
  • → Papiamentu: klei

See also

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛ.i/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Syllabification: kle‧i

Verb

klei

  1. third-person singular present of kleić

Rade

Etymology 1

From Proto-Chamic *talɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Noun

klei (classifier aruăt)

  1. string; rope; wire
    Amĭ blei klei pui.
    Mom buys electrical wires.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb

klei

  1. (transitive) to dig

Etymology 3

Noun

klei

  1. human sound
  2. language
    klei Êđê
    Rade
    klei Yuăn
    Vietnamese
    klei Prăng
    French

Etymology 4

Noun

klei

  1. incident; occurrence
    klei bruă anei
    this incident
    Klei Aê Diê Blŭ
    the Bible
    (literally, “the Stories God Told”)
    Klei Mphŭn Dơ̆ng
    Genesis
    (literally, “the Beginning”)
    Klei Kbiă
    Exodus
    (literally, “the Exit”)
    Klei Yap
    Numbers
    (literally, “the Accounting”)
    Klei Mtô Mñă Klei Bhiăn
    Deuteronomy
    (literally, “the Restatement of the Law”)
Usage notes

Nominalizes other parts of speech like Vietnamese sự or Japanese 事 (koto).

References

  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64
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