English Online Dictionary. What means kay? What does kay mean?
English
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation of okay): 'kay
Etymology
From Latin ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Interjection
kay
- (colloquial) Abbreviation of okay.
Noun
kay (plural kays)
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.
- (colloquial) A kilometer.
- (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).
- Dated form of cay.
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
Anagrams
- kya, yak
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaj/, [ˈkʌj]
- Hyphenation: kay
Determiner
káy
- 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
- 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): /kai/, [kaɪ̯]
Preposition
kay
- (Daet, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
- Synonym: ki
Derived terms
See also
Dibabawon Manobo
Conjunction
kay
- because
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Saint Dominican Creole French caze, from French case (“hut, cabin”). Compare Guianese Creole kaz.
Noun
kay
- house
Kalasha
Adverb
kay
- when
Conjunction
kay
- when
Noun
kay
- when
Pronoun
kay
- when
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish céo (“mist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲeː/
Noun
kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)
- (weather) fog
Mutation
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mapudungun
Conjunction
kay (Raguileo spelling)
- and
Middle English
Noun
kay
- Alternative form of keye (“key”)
Quechua
Determiner
kay
- this
See also
- chay
- haqay
Noun
kay
- being, essence
Declension
Pronoun
kay
- this
Declension
Verb
kay
- to be
- to exist
- An auxiliary verb
Conjugation
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cay – obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaj/, [kaɪ̯]
Preposition
kay
- Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
Adverb
kay
- very
Derived terms
Turkish
Verb
kay
- second-person singular imperative of kaymak
Yapese
Verb
kay
- to eat
Yucatec Maya
Alternative forms
- cay (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *kyar.
Noun
kay (plural kayoʼob)
- 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.”