kuit

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kuit, from Middle Dutch cute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœi̯t/
  • Hyphenation: kuit

Noun

kuit (plural kuite, diminutive kuitjie)

  1. (countable) calf (back of the lower leg)
  2. (uncountable) roe, spawn, milt (fish eggs)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Cognate with Middle Low German kūte. Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœy̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kuit
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

kuit f (plural kuiten, diminutive kuitje n)

  1. calf, fleshy part of the lower leg
  2. the corresponding part of a sock or stocking

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kuit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kuiti
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: koiti

Noun

kuit f or n (uncountable)

  1. spawn, roe (fish eggs)
    Synonyms: visei, (southern) roge

Usage notes

The use of het kuit is non-standard and not sanctioned by dictionaries.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: keit

Kavalan

Noun

kuit

  1. souls of the dead
  2. a type of wild betel nut (with small leaves)
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