kyte

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See also: Kyte and kýtě

English

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Noun

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kyte (plural kytes)

  1. Obsolete form of kite (bird of prey).
  2. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of kite (the stomach; the belly)

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English cȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, from Proto-Germanic *kūts.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kyte (plural kytes)

  1. A kite (the bird of prey)

Descendants

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  • English: kite
  • Scots: kyt, kyte
  • Welsh: cud

References

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Scots

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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kyte (plural kytes)

  1. Belly, stomach
    • c. 1592, Rob Stene, Rob Stene's Dream[1]:
      To cleith his bak, and fill his wame,
      Not sparing napir wyld, nor tame,
      Could not content his emptie kyte,
      Nor quenche his greidy appetyte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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West Flemish

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Noun

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kyte f (plural kytn)

  1. calf, back of the leg below the knee