kay

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

Translingual

Symbol

kay

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kamayurá.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kamayurá terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Latin ka.

Noun

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-).

Derived terms

• (letter): okay, kayo

Translations

name of the letter K, k

• Arabic: كَاي m (kay), كَاي m (kāy), كِيه m (kīh), كِي (ar) m (kī), كِي (ar) m (key), كَا m (kā)
• Asturian: ka (ast), ca (ast)
• Azerbaijani: ke, ka
• Bengali: কে (bn) (ke)
• Burmese: ကေ (my) (ke)
• Catalan: ca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Danish: kå n
• Dutch: kaa
• Esperanto: ko (eo)
• Faroese: ká n
• Finnish: koo (fi)
• French: ka (fr) m
• Galician: ka (gl) m
• German: Ka
• Greek: κέι n (kéi)
• Hawaiian: kē
• Hebrew: קֵי (he) f (key)
• Hindi: के (hi) (ke)
• Icelandic: ká
• Ido: ke (io)
• Indonesian: ka (id)
• Irish: cá
• Italian: cappa (it) f
• Japanese: ケイ (ja) (kei)
• Korean: 케이 (kei)
• Latin: kā (la)
• Malay: ke (ms)
• Marathi: के (ke)
• Persian: کا (fa) (kâ)
• Polish: ka (pl) n
• Portuguese: cá (pt) m (Brazil), capa (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: кэй (ru) n (kɛj) (English), ка (ru) n (ka)
• Spanish: ka (es) f
• Swedish: kå n
• Tagalog: key (tl), ka (tl) (Abakada)
• Thai: เค (th) (kee)
• Turkish: ke (tr)
• Vietnamese: ca (vi)
• Welsh: ce f

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

See also

• kay-fabe

Etymology 3

Interjection

kay

1. (colloquial) Clipping of okay.

Alternative forms

• 'kay

Related terms

• m'kay, mkay, mm-kay, mmm-kay

Anagrams

• kya, yak

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

káy

1. his

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
personal	singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	plural	ni	sin	ken
reflexive	singular	inní	isí
	plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

1. fish

References

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

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]

Preposition

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.

Derived terms

• kay isay
• kay sa
• kay siisay

See also

• kan
• nin

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/ [ˈkaɪ̯]

Conjunction

kay (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. because

   Synonym: tungod

Dibabawon Manobo

Conjunction

kay

1. because

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kay

1. house

Derived terms

• kay chanmòt
• kay mistè

Related terms

• kaz

Etymology 2

From French caille (“quail”)

Noun

kay

1. quail

Etymology 3

From French caye, from Spanish cayo (“key”).

Noun

kay

1. key (small island)

Derived terms

• Kay Sab

Related terms

• Gwòskay
• Okay

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)

1. his; her; its

   Synonym: kanya

   kay kadaka ― his/her/its size/bigness

   kay balay ― his/her/its house

   Kay irong kay kaaba!

   His nose, how long!

2. (by extension) their

   Synonym: kanda

Pronoun

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

See also

• kan

Adverb

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

• 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

Adverb

kay

1. when

Conjunction

kay

1. when

Noun

kay

1. when

Pronoun

kay

1. when

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cay

Etymology

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

Noun

kay f (Hebrew spelling קאיי)

1. (Balkan) street

   Synonym: kaleja

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish céo (“mist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeː/

Noun

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

1. (weather) fog, mist

Mutation

Mutation of kay

radical	lenition	eclipsis
kay	chay	gay

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mapudungun

Conjunction

kay (Raguileo spelling)

1. and

Middle English

Noun

kay

1. Alternative form of keye (“key”)

Quechua

Determiner

kay

1. this

See also

• chay
• haqay

Noun

kay

1. being, essence

Declension

Declension of kay

	singular	plural
nominative	kay	kaykuna
accusative	kayta	kaykunata
dative	kayman	kaykunaman
genitive	kaypa	kaykunap
locative	kaypi	kaykunapi
terminative	kaykama	kaykunakama
ablative	kaymanta	kaykunamanta
instrumental	kaywan	kaykunawan
comitative	kaynintin	kaykunantin
abessive	kayninnaq	kaykunannaq
comparative	kayhina	kaykunahina
causative	kayrayku	kaykunarayku
benefactive	kaypaq	kaykunapaq
associative	kaypura	kaykunapura
distributive	kayninka	kaykunanka
exclusive	kaylla	kaykunalla

Possessive forms of kay

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative kayniy kayniykuna accusative kayniyta kayniykunata dative kayniyman kayniykunaman genitive kayniypa kayniykunap locative kayniypi kayniykunapi terminative kayniykama kayniykunakama ablative kayniymanta kayniykunamanta instrumental kayniywan kayniykunawan comitative kayniynintin kayniykunantin abessive kayniyninnaq kayniykunannaq comparative kayniyhina kayniykunahina causative kayniyrayku kayniykunarayku benefactive kayniypaq kayniykunapaq associative kayniypura kayniykunapura distributive kayniyninka kayniykunanka exclusive kayniylla kayniykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative kayniyki kayniykikuna accusative kayniykita kayniykikunata dative kayniykiman kayniykikunaman genitive kayniykipa kayniykikunap locative kayniykipi kayniykikunapi terminative kayniykikama kayniykikunakama ablative kayniykimanta kayniykikunamanta instrumental kayniykiwan kayniykikunawan comitative kayniykintin kayniykikunantin abessive kayniykinnaq kayniykikunannaq comparative kayniykihina kayniykikunahina causative kayniykirayku kayniykikunarayku benefactive kayniykipaq kayniykikunapaq associative kayniykipura kayniykikunapura distributive kayniykinka kayniykikunanka exclusive kayniykilla kayniykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative kaynin kayninkuna accusative kayninta kayninkunata dative kayninman kayninkunaman genitive kayninpa kayninkunap locative kayninpi kayninkunapi terminative kayninkama kayninkunakama ablative kayninmanta kayninkunamanta instrumental kayninwan kayninkunawan comitative kayninintin kayninkunantin abessive kayninninnaq kayninkunannaq comparative kayninhina kayninkunahina causative kayninrayku kayninkunarayku benefactive kayninpaq kayninkunapaq associative kayninpura kayninkunapura distributive kaynininka kayninkunanka exclusive kayninlla kayninkunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative kayninchik kayninchikkuna accusative kayninchikta kayninchikkunata dative kayninchikman kayninchikkunaman genitive kayninchikpa kayninchikkunap locative kayninchikpi kayninchikkunapi terminative kayninchikkama kayninchikkunakama ablative kayninchikmanta kayninchikkunamanta instrumental kayninchikwan kayninchikkunawan comitative kayninchiknintin kayninchikkunantin abessive kayninchikninnaq kayninchikkunannaq comparative kayninchikhina kayninchikkunahina causative kayninchikrayku kayninchikkunarayku benefactive kayninchikpaq kayninchikkunapaq associative kayninchikpura kayninchikkunapura distributive kayninchikninka kayninchikkunanka exclusive kayninchiklla kayninchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative kayniyku kayniykukuna accusative kayniykuta kayniykukunata dative kayniykuman kayniykukunaman genitive kayniykupa kayniykukunap locative kayniykupi kayniykukunapi terminative kayniykukama kayniykukunakama ablative kayniykumanta kayniykukunamanta instrumental kayniykuwan kayniykukunawan comitative kayniykuntin kayniykukunantin abessive kayniykunnaq kayniykukunannaq comparative kayniykuhina kayniykukunahina causative kayniykurayku kayniykukunarayku benefactive kayniykupaq kayniykukunapaq associative kayniykupura kayniykukunapura distributive kayniykunka kayniykukunanka exclusive kayniykulla kayniykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative kayniykichik kayniykichikkuna accusative kayniykichikta kayniykichikkunata dative kayniykichikman kayniykichikkunaman genitive kayniykichikpa kayniykichikkunap locative kayniykichikpi kayniykichikkunapi terminative kayniykichikkama kayniykichikkunakama ablative kayniykichikmanta kayniykichikkunamanta instrumental kayniykichikwan kayniykichikkunawan comitative kayniykichiknintin kayniykichikkunantin abessive kayniykichikninnaq kayniykichikkunannaq comparative kayniykichikhina kayniykichikkunahina causative kayniykichikrayku kayniykichikkunarayku benefactive kayniykichikpaq kayniykichikkunapaq associative kayniykichikpura kayniykichikkunapura distributive kayniykichikninka kayniykichikkunanka exclusive kayniykichiklla kayniykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative kayninku kayninkukuna accusative kayninkuta kayninkukunata dative kayninkuman kayninkukunaman genitive kayninkupa kayninkukunap locative kayninkupi kayninkukunapi terminative kayninkukama kayninkukunakama ablative kayninkumanta kayninkukunamanta instrumental kayninkuwan kayninkukunawan comitative kayninkuntin kayninkukunantin abessive kayninkunnaq kayninkukunannaq comparative kayninkuhina kayninkukunahina causative kayninkurayku kayninkukunarayku benefactive kayninkupaq kayninkukunapaq associative kayninkupura kayninkukunapura distributive kayninkunka kayninkukunanka exclusive kayninkulla kayninkukunalla

Pronoun

kay

1. this

Declension

Declension of kay

	singular	plural
nominative	kay	kaykuna
accusative	kayta	kaykunata
dative	kayman	kaykunaman
genitive	kaypa	kaykunap
locative	kaypi	kaykunapi
terminative	kaykama	kaykunakama
ablative	kaymanta	kaykunamanta
instrumental	kaywan	kaykunawan
comitative	kaynintin	kaykunantin
abessive	kayninnaq	kaykunannaq
comparative	kayhina	kaykunahina
causative	kayrayku	kaykunarayku
benefactive	kaypaq	kaykunapaq
associative	kaypura	kaykunapura
distributive	kayninka	kaykunanka
exclusive	kaylla	kaykunalla

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kay

infinitive		kay
agentive		kaq
present participle		kaspa
past participle		kasqa
future participle		kana
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ñuqa	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	ñuqayku	qamkuna	paykuna
	present	kani	kanki	kan	kanchik	kayku kaniku1	kankichik	kanku
	past (experienced)	karqani	karqanki	karqan	karqanchik	karqayku karqaniku	karqankichik	karqanku
	past (reported)	kasqani	kasqanki	kasqan	kasqanchik	kasqayku kasqaniku	kasqankichik	kasqanku
	future	kasaq	kanki	kanqa	kasunchik	kasaqku	kankichik	kanqaku
imperative		—	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	—	qamkuna	paykuna
	affirmative	—	kay	kachun	kasun2 kasunchik	—	kaychik	kachunku
	negative	—	ama kaychu	ama kachunchu	ama kasunchu ama kasunchikchu	—	ama kaychikchu	ama kachunkuchu

¹ The conjugation -niku is only for the Ayacucho-Chanca variety.
² The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cay — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kay

Preposition

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.

Tagalog markers

		direct (ang)	indirect (ng)	oblique (sa)
common	singular	ang	ng	sa
	plural	ang mga	ng mga	sa mga
personal	singular	si	ni	kay
	plural / polite	sina	nina	kina

Adverb

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

• kay sa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• yak

Turkish

Verb

kay

1. second-person singular imperative of kaymak

Yapese

Verb

kay

1. to eat

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• cay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

kay (plural kayoʼob)

1. fish

References

• 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.”