kay

English Online Dictionary. What means kay‎? What does kay mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Latin ka.

Noun

kay (plural kays)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.
2. (colloquial) A kilometer.
3. (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

Noun

kay (plural kays)

1. Dated form of cay.

See also

• kay-fabe

Etymology 3

Interjection

kay

1. (colloquial) Clipping of okay.

Alternative forms

• 'kay

Related terms

• m'kay, mkay, mm-kay, mmm-kay

Anagrams

• kya, yak

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/ [ˈkʌj]
• Hyphenation: kay

Determiner

káy

1. his

See also

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aguacateca

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *chay, Proto-Mayan *kay. Proto-Mayan *kar  Cognate with Achi kar , K'iche' kar, Akatek xcay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

1. fish

References

• Julia Becker de Richards, Maya' Choltzij: vocabulario comparativo de los idiomas Mayas de Guatemala (2003)
• Ryan Bennett, Mayan Phonology (2015)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]

Preposition

kay (Basahan spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. (Daet, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

   Synonym: ki

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/ [ˈkaɪ̯]

Conjunction

kay (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. because

   Synonym: tungod

Dibabawon Manobo

Conjunction

kay

1. because

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Etymology 1

From Saint Dominican Creole French caze, from French case (“hut, cabin”).

Noun

kay

1. house

Derived terms

• kay chanmòt
• kay mistè

Etymology 2

From French caille (“quail”)

Noun

kay

1. quail

Etymology 3

From French caye, from Spanish cayo (“key”).

Noun

kay

1. key (small island)

Derived terms

• Kay Sab

Related terms

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/ [ˈkɐj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kay

Determiner

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

1. his; her; its

   Synonym: kanya

   kay kadaka ― his/her/its size/bigness

   kay balay ― his/her/its house

2. (by extension) their

   Synonym: kanda

Pronoun

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

1. by him; by her; by it

   Synonym: kanya

2. of him; of her; of it

   Synonym: kanya

3. (by extension) by them

   Synonym: kanda

4. (by extension) of them

   Synonym: kanda

See also

Adverb

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

1. how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admiration or other strong feelings)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 146

Kalasha

Adverb

kay

1. when

Conjunction

kay

1. when

Noun

kay

1. when

Pronoun

kay

1. when

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cay

Etymology

Borrowed either from Asturian cai or Catalan call, from Latin callem.

Noun

kay f (Hebrew spelling קאיי)

1. (Balkan) street

   Synonym: kaleja

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish céo (“mist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeː/

Noun

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

1. (weather) fog, mist

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mapudungun

Conjunction

kay (Raguileo spelling)

1. and

Middle English

Noun

kay

1. Alternative form of keye (“key”)

Quechua

Determiner

kay

1. this

See also

• chay
• haqay

Noun

kay

1. being, essence

Declension

Pronoun

kay

1. this

Declension

Verb

kay

1. to be

2. to exist
3. An auxiliary verb

Conjugation

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kay

Preposition

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

Adverb

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admirationor other strong feelings)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• yak

Turkish

Verb

kay

1. second-person singular imperative of kaymak

Yapese

Verb

kay

1. to eat

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• cay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

kay (plural kayoʼob)

1. fish

References

• Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 91: “KAY”
• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 307: “KAY”
• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 178: “Pexe. Cay.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60: “kay”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 45: “CAY, CAYIL: pez, pescado.”