ky
Translingual
Symbol
ky
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with West Frisian kij (“cows”), Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.
Alternative forms
Noun
ky
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ky (uncountable)
- (UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”).
- 2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival, page 24:
- I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.
Etymology 3
Symbol
ky
Related terms
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ka-ei, based on a pronominal element *ka and a demonstrative (see ai).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky/
Determiner
ky m
- this
- Ky është libri im. — Ky libër është i imi.
- This is my book. — This book is mine.
- Ky është libri im. — Ky libër është i imi.
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
nominative | ky | kjo | këta | këto |
accusative | këtë | këta | këto | |
dative/ablative | këtij | kësaj | këtyre |
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ky”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
Cornish
Alternative forms
- (Standard Written Form) ki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kiː], [kəi]
Noun
ky m (plural keun)
Mutation
unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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ky | gy | hy | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kiː/
- Conventional anglicization: ky
Noun
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m f
Usage notes
Though a noun in Egyptian, ky frequently describes another noun, standing before it in apposition, and it is therefore often best translated into English as a determiner.
ky is an old dual noun, but its ‘dual’ forms are used with singulars when in apposition.
Inflection
masculine | feminine | ||||||||||||||||
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singular | — |
— | |||||||||||||||
dual |
ky |
kt, kty | |||||||||||||||
plural |
kjwj, kwj, kw |
kt |
2 From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
By the end of Old Egyptian, the feminine plural fell out of use and the masculine plural became a general plural.
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Derived terms
- ky-ḏd
- ky-zp
- kt-st
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲕⲉ- (ke-), ⲕⲉ (ke), ⲕⲉⲧ (ket), (plural) ⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ (kooue)
Noun
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m
- a kind of monkey
Inflection
singular | ky |
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dual | kywj |
plural | kyw |
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 110.4, 110.7–112.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 285
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64.
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 98, page 78
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 61
Finnish
Noun
ky
- alternative form of Ky (“(initialism of) kommandiittiyhtiö”)
Anagrams
Hupa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲʰ/
Letter
ky (upper case Ky)
Lutuv
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɯ̄ɯ̄]
Verb
ky
- to dry up
References
- Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures[2], volume 3, number 1
Mam
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲ/
Letter
ky (uppercase Ky)
Middle English
Noun
ky
- alternative form of kie