Kaïnt

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯nt/
• Homophone: kaïnt
• Hyphenation: Kaïnt
• Rhymes: -ai̯nt

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþą.

Alternative forms

• kink, Kenk (Southeast Limburgish)
• kindj (widespread variant)
  • kiendj (Roermond)
  • Kenj (Selfkant)
  • kèndj (Sittard)
• kind (widespread variant)
  • keend (Maastrichtian)

Noun

Kaïnt n (plural Kaïnder, diminutive Kénntje or Kineke)

1. (Eupen) kid; child (young person)
2. (Eupen) child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal)

Etymology 2

From earlier Limburgish kant, from Old Northern French cant, from Medieval Latin canthus. Ultimately of Gaulish origin.

Noun

Kaïnt f (plural Kaïnte, diminutive Kénntje)

1. side, face (of an object)
2. side (as opposed to top or bottom)
3. way, direction