kaie
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Low German cauwe, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Germanic *kawō (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-. Compare Swedish kaja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaie f (definite singular kaia, indefinite plural kaier, definite plural kaiene)
- jackdaw, particularly western jackdaw Corvus monedula
References edit
- “kaie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.