kuis

• IPA^(key): /kœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: kuis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.

kuis (comparative kuiser, superlative meest kuis or kuist)

1. chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin

   Synonym: zedig

   Antonyms: onkuis, onzedig

• Afrikaans: kuis

kuis m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium) a cleansing, cleaning(-up)

Related to koe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

1. (regional) a (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old

   Synonym: kuiskalf

2. (regional) a pig

• kuus (dialectal)

Cf. German Low German Küsel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

kuis m (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

1. a (playing) marble

   Synonym: knikker

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuis

1. inflection of kuisen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Middle Dutch cuse, related to Middle Low German kuse.

kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

1. club, knobstick

   Synonyms: kolf, knots

• kuizen (“to beat to death with a hammer”)

From French cuisse (“thigh”).

• IPA^(key): /kɥis/

kuis

1. thigh

From English quiz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɪs]
• Hyphenation: ku‧is

kuis (plural kuis-kuis)

1. quiz
   1. a competition in the answering of questions
   2. (education) a school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course

• “kuis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.