kie

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See also: -kie and ki'e

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English ky, from Old English (cows), plural of (cow).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kie

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -e (correlative suffix of place)

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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kie (accusative kien)

  1. 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

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kie (accusative kien)

  1. where

Derived terms

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Usage notes

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Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kie can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kie ajn thus means wherever.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kie

  1. plural of cou

Descendants

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Ter Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *ke.

Pronoun

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kie

  1. who

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Middle English keye, from Old French kay, cail.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kie

  1. 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

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  • 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