kype
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).
Noun edit
kype (plural kypes)
- The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
Alternative forms edit
Translations edit
hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kype (plural kypes)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
kype (third-person singular simple present kypes, present participle kyping, simple past and past participle kyped)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”)
References edit
- “kype”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “kype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.