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kile

See also: Kile, kilé, kilè, kilë, and kiłę

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.

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Noun edit

kile (plural kiles)

  1. An ulcer; sore.

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Noun edit

kile ?

  1. associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge

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kile

  1. locative singular of kilo

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

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kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

  1. wedge
  2. gusset

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Declension of kile
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kile kilen kiler kilerne
genitive kiles kilens kilers kilernes

Verb edit

kile (imperative kil, infinitive at kile, present tense kiler, past tense kilede, perfect tense har kilet)

  1. wedge

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray

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kilé

  1. eyebrow

Kumak edit

Etymology edit

From French clé.

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kile

  1. key

References edit

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008) →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun edit

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)

  1. a wedge or chock

Verb edit

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

  1. (transitive) to wedge

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

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Verb edit

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to tickle

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German kil.

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kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)

  1. a wedge or chock

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Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: ki‧le

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kile f

  1. dative/locative singular of kiła

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kile (Cyrillic spelling киле)

  1. inflection of kila:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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kile

  1. locative singular of kilo

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kile

  1. inflection of kila:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

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  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

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kile

  1. Ki class inflected form of -le.

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kile

  1. mortar
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