kail

See also: Kail

English

Noun

kail (countable and uncountable, plural kails)

1. Alternative form of kale.
2. (Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
3. A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.

Derived terms

• kailyard

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Kali, Laki, Lika, ilka, kali, kila, laik

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawil (“fishhook”). Cognate to Tagalog kawil (“fishhook”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaɪl]
• Hyphenation: ka‧il

Noun

kail (first-person possessive kailku, second-person possessive kailmu, third-person possessive kailnya)

1. fishhook

   Synonym: pancing

2. fishing rod

Derived terms

• berkail
• mengail
• pengail
• terkail

 

Further reading

• “kail” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.