kie
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kie
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow
- 1567, Ovid, “The Seconde Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:
- And if thou zawest any kie come royling through this grounde,
Or driven away, tell what he was and where they may be vownde.
References edit
- “kie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -e (correlative suffix of place)
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
kie (accusative kien)
- where
- Tie li trovis post unuhora promenado kaj pridemandado la ponton, kie li trovos sian feliĉon.
- There he found, after one hour of walking and interrogating, the bridge, where he would find his happiness.
Adverb edit
kie (accusative kien)
Derived terms edit
Usage notes edit
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kie can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kie ajn thus means wherever.
See also edit
Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | ||
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
kie
Descendants edit
Ter Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *ke.
Pronoun edit
kie
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English keye, from Old French kay, cail.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kie
- quay
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:
- 'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "
- I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50