kuit

From Dutch kuit, from Middle Dutch cute.

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

kuit (plural kuite, diminutive kuitjie)

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kœy̯t/

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• Hyphenation: kuit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

kuit f (plural kuiten, diminutive kuitje n)

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

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

kuit f or n (uncountable)

1. spawn, roe (fish eggs)

   Synonyms: visei, (southern) roge

   Coordinate term: hom (“milt”)

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

• → Papiamentu: keit

• IPA^(key): /kɥit/

kuit

1. alternative form of kwit

kuit

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