kes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kes"

Translingual

Symbol

kes

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kugbo.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kugbo terms

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

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛs]
  • Hyphenation: kes

Adjective

kès (comparative lebih kes, superlative paling kes)

  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.

Further reading

Malay

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)

  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!