kiek
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)
- (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)
Usage notes
editIts diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.
Verb
editkiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)
- to photograph; to take a picture
Synonyms
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).
Noun
editkiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
- (chiefly diminutive) A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
Derived terms
editVerb
editkiek
- inflection of kieken:
Etymology 2
editSee kieken (“chicken”)
Noun
editkiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)
- A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
- A domestic chicken or other fowl
- (figuratively) A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
Synonyms
editEtymology 3
editGermanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (“club”). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.
Noun
editkiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
- A vernacular name for plants of several species:
Synonyms
edit- zwarte mosterd (Brassica nigra)
- gele kiek (several)
- witte kiek (several)
- look-zonder-look (Alliaria petiolata)
- kiedik (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkiek
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom an apocope of kíeka, the nominative and accusative singular neutral form of kíekas (“how big”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (“who, what”), though the exact morphology is unclear.[1]
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editki̇́ek
Derived terms
edit- kiẽkis (“amount”)
References
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kíek”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 284
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