Translingual

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Symbol

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kes

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

See also

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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kes (uncountable)

  1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Etymology 2

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Shortening.

Noun

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kes

  1. (UK, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

Pronoun

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kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

  1. (interrogative) who

Declension

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Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛs]
  • Hyphenation: kes

Adjective

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kès

  1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.
    Synonyms: kontan, tunai

Usage notes

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The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kes.

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Further reading

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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From English case, from Middle English cas, from Old French cas (an event), from Latin cāsus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case).

Noun

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kés (Jawi spelling کيس, plural kes-kes, informal 1st possessive kesku, 2nd possessive kesmu, 3rd possessive kesnya)

  1. case:
    1. (law) lawsuit, legal proceeding.
    2. (medicine) an instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

Usage notes

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The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kes.

Synonyms

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Further reading

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English case.

Noun

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kes

  1. case; box; carton

Turkish

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Verb

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kes

  1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

Interjection

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kes!

  1. shut up!