kain
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kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)
- (Scots law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
- 1798, Robert Douglas, General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk:
- hens […] in most leases make a part of the rent, under the name of kain, and are generally kept for conveniency or profit.
References edit
- “kain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Banyumasan edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ (kain, “cloth”), from Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”).
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kain
- cloth
- woven goods (usually for clothes and others)
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
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kain
- (Daet) to eat; to dine
- (Daet) to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
- (Daet) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)
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Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
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kain
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
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káin
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kain (first-person possessive kainku, second-person possessive kainmu, third-person possessive kainnya)
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Further reading edit
- “kain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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kain
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Other scripts | |
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Carakan | ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ |
Roman | kain |
Etymology edit
From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kain
- cloth
- woven goods (usually for clothes and others)
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015), “kain”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- “kain” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.
Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
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kain
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -in
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kain (Jawi spelling کاءين, plural kain-kain, informal 1st possessive kainku, 2nd possessive kainmu, 3rd possessive kainnya)
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- Indonesian: kain
Further reading edit
- “kain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
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káin (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)
- act or manner of eating or consuming food
- mealtime
- amount of food eaten at a time
- action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface
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kain