kay

See also 'kay, Kay, and käy

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation of okay): 'kay

Pronunciation

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Noun

kay (plural kays)

1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.
2. (colloquial) Abbreviation of okay.
3. (colloquial) A kilometer.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Derived terms

• (letter): okay, kayo

Translations

name of the letter K, k

• Arabic: كاي (ar) (kay, key) m, كيه (ar) (kiih) m, كي (ar) (kii, key) m, كا (ar) (kaa) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: ko (eo)
• French: ka (fr) m
• Hindi: के (hi) (kē)
• Japanese: ケイ (ja) (kei)
• Korean: 케이 (ko) (kei)

• Latin: kā (la)
• Malay: ke (ms)
• Marathi: के (mr) (ke)
• Portuguese: cá (pt) m
• Russian: кэй (ru) (kej) n  (English), ка (ru) (ka) n 
• Spanish: ka (es) f
• Turkish: ke (tr)
• Vietnamese: ca (vi)

Anagrams

• yak

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Haitian Creole

Noun

kay

1. house

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ceó.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʲeː/

Noun

kay f (genitive kay, plural kayghyn)

1. (weather) fog

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
kay	chay	gay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mapudungun

Conjunction

kay (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. and

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Mopán

Noun

kay

1. singing

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Quechua

Etymology

ka +‎ -y

Determiner

kay

1. this

Noun

kay

1. being
2. possession

   Kayninkunata churinta saqirqan.

   He left his possession to his son.

Verb

kay

1. to be

   Maqtañam kani.

   I'm already an old person.

2. to exist
3. An auxiiary verb

   Chaypim puñuq kanki

   You used to sleep there.

Conjugation

    conjugation of kay

infinitive			kay
present participle			kaq
past participle			kasqa
future participle			kana
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ñuqa	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	ñuqayku	qamkuna	paykuna
	present	kani	kanki	kan	kanchik	kayku	kankichik	kanku
	past (experienced)	karqani	karqanki	karqan	karqanchik	karqaniku	karqankichik	karqanku
	past (reported)	kasqani	kasqanki	kasqan	kasqanchik	kasqaniku	kasqankichik	kasqanku
	future	kasaq	kanki	kanqa	kasunchik	kasaqku	kankichik	kanqaku
conditional		ñuqa	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	ñuqayku	qamkuna	paykuna
	present	kayman	kankiman	kanman	kanchikman	kaykuman	kankichikman	kankuman
obligative		ñuqa	qam	pay	ñuqanchik	ñuqayku	qamkuna	paykuna
	present	kanay	kanayki	kanan	kananchik	kanayku	kanaykichik	kananku
imperative		—	qam	pay	—	—	qamkuna	paykuna
	affirmative		kay	kachun			kaychik	kachunku