kye

See also: Kye

Englisch

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ky, kye, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.

Nomen

kye

1. (archaic or dialectal) (deprecated template usage) plural of cow
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 23:

     devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean.

Nomen

kye (plural kyes)

1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

Anagrams

• key

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Scots

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English cȳ.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kae/

Nomen

kye

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of coo

Derived terms

• kye booties

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kʌj/

Nomen

kye (plural kyes)

1. (Southern Scots) a key