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See also: Kay, käy, kāy-, k’ay, and 'kay

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

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From Latin ka.

Interjection

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kay

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of okay.
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Noun

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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-).
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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kay (plural kays)

  1. Dated form of cay.
    • 1839, John Purdy, The Colombian Navigator:
      Three small sandy kays on the reef, bearing this name, lie at the distance of about 5½ miles S.S.E. from Boca Chica.

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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káy

  1. his

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *chay, Proto-Mayan *kay. [1] Proto-Mayan *kar [2] Cognate with Achi kar , K'iche' kar, Akatek xcay

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Noun

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kay

  1. fish

References

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

Bikol Central

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Preposition

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kay (Basahan spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. (Daet, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    Synonym: ki
    An kantang ini, para kay papa.
    This song's for (my) father.
    Yaon kay ate an selpon mo.
    Your sister has your cellphone.

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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kay (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. because
    Synonym: tungod

Dibabawon Manobo

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Conjunction

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kay

  1. because

Haitian Creole

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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kay

  1. house
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Etymology 2

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From French caille (quail)

Noun

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kay

  1. quail

Etymology 3

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From French caye, from Spanish cayo (key).

Noun

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kay

  1. key (small island)
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Hanunoo

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Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. his; her; its
    Synonym: kanya
    kay kadakahis/her/its size/bigness
    kay balayhis/her/its house
    Kay irong kay kaaba!
    His nose, how long!
  2. (by extension) their
    Synonym: kanda

Pronoun

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kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. by him; by her; by it
    Synonym: kanya
    Kay binuwat.
    It was done by him.
  2. of him; of her; of it
    Synonym: kanya
  3. (by extension) by them
    Synonym: kanda
  4. (by extension) of them
    Synonym: kanda

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Adverb

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kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admiration or other strong feelings)
    Kay kadaka!
    How big!
    Kay irong kay kaaba!
    His nose, how long!

Further reading

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  • 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

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Adverb

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kay

  1. when

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kay

  1. when

Noun

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kay

  1. when

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kay

  1. when

Ladino

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Etymology

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

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kay f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קאיי)

  1. (Balkan) street
    Synonym: kaleja

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish céo (mist).

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Noun

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kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

  1. (weather) fog, mist

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
kay chay gay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mapudungun

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Conjunction

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kay (Raguileo spelling)

  1. and

Middle English

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Noun

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kay

  1. Alternative form of keye (key)

Quechua

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Determiner

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kay

  1. this

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Noun

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kay

  1. being, essence

Declension

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Pronoun

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kay

  1. this

Declension

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Verb

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kay

  1. to be
    Maqtañam kani.
    I'm already an old person.
  2. to exist
  3. An auxiliary verb
    Chaypim puñuq kanki.
    You used to sleep there.

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Tagalog

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Preposition

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kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    Ang awiting ito ay para kay Tatay.
    This song is for Father.
    Ibigay mo ito kay Juan.
    Give this to Juan.

Adverb

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kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admirationor other strong feelings)
    Kay ganda ng tanawin.
    How beautiful is the scenery.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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Turkish

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Verb

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kay

  1. second-person singular imperative of kaymak

Yapese

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Verb

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kay

  1. to eat

Yucatec Maya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

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kay (plural kayoʼob)

  1. fish

References

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  • 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.