klei
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch klei, from Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klei (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klei f (uncountable)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
klei
Rade edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Chamic *talɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.
Noun edit
klei (classifier aruăt)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb edit
klei
- (transitive) to dig
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
klei
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
klei
- incident; occurrence
- Klei Mphŭn Dơ̆ng
- Genesis
- (literally, “the Beginning”)
- Klei Kbiă
- Exodus
- (literally, “the Exit”)
- Klei Yap
- Numbers
- (literally, “the Accounting”)
- Klei Mtô Mñă Klei Bhiăn
- Deuteronomy
- (literally, “the Restatement of the Law”)
Usage notes edit
Nominalizes other parts of speech like Vietnamese sự or Japanese 事 (koto).
References edit
- James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64