kain

See also: Kain and käin

English

Etymology

From Irish cáin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: Cain, cane, Kaine, Kane

Noun

kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)

1. (Scots law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
   • 1798, Robert Douglas, General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk:

     hens […] in most leases make a part of the rent, under the name of kain, and are generally kept for conveniency or profit.

References

• “kain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• akin, naik, Kian, Akin, a-kin, Inka, a kin, kina, Naik

Banyumasan

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ (kain, “cloth”), from Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

kain

1. cloth
2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/ [ˈka.ʔin̪]

Verb

kain

1. (Daet) to eat; to dine
2. (Daet) to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
3. (Daet) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

Synonyms

• kakan
• kaon

Derived terms

• kainan
• kainon
• magkain
• pakain

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kain/

Noun

kain

1. cloth
2. textile

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/

Noun

káin

1. long skirt

   Synonym: pandiling

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkain/ [ˈka.ɪn]
• Rhymes: -ain
• Syllabification: kain

Noun

kain (plural kain-kain)

1. cloth
2. textile

Hyponyms

• kain albanat
• kain antelas
• kain baju
• kain bakal
• kain baki
• kain bakucuang
• kain balah-buluh
• kain balon
• kain bambu
• kain basahan
• kain batis
• kain bayang-bayang
• kain belacu
• kain beledu
• kain belongsong
• kain benang
• kain bersurat
• kain bertabrak
• kain besan
• kain buai
• kain bulu
• kain cat
• kain cepuk
• kain cindai
• kain cita
• kain damas
• kain delima
• kain dewangga
• kain dobi
• kain doskin
• kain dril
• kain dua
• kain dua seragi
• kain ekor
• kain gendong
• kain gerusan
• kain ihram
• kain ikal
• kain ikat
• kain interkunci
• kain jaring
• kain jumputan
• kain juntai
• kain kaca
• kain kafan
• kain kampuh
• kain kapal
• kain karet
• kain kasa
• kain katun
• kain kelarai
• kain kembat
• kain kembayat
• kain kersik
• kain kulit hiu
• kain kuning
• kain lajak
• kain lantung
• kain lap
• kain latar
• kain layar
• kain lunggi
• kain lurik
• kain magador
• kain majun
• kain mandar
• kain merser
• kain otoman
• kain panas
• kain panggung
• kain panjang
• kain pantai
• kain parasut
• kain pareo
• kain pelangi
• kain pelayan
• kain pelikat
• kain pembersih
• kain pepe
• kain pike
• kain pitola
• kain poleng
• kain popok
• kain prasusut
• kain pres
• kain rami
• kain rawa
• kain rentang
• kain rubiah
• kain rusuk
• kain saliha
• kain sampur
• kain saring
• kain sarung
• kain selempuri
• kain sembur
• kain sepe
• kain sindai
• kain sintetis
• kain songket
• kain subhanala
• kain sutra
• kain taf
• kain takwa
• kain tampan
• kain tegarun
• kain terpal
• kain tik
• kain tilam
• kain timur
• kain tradisional
• kain triko
• kain tubular
• kain tudung
• kain umbak
• kain wiron
• kain wiru
• kain wol

Derived terms

• berkain

Further reading

• “kain”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

kain

1. Rōmaji transcription of かいん

Javanese

Alternative forms

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀
Pegon
Roman	kain

Etymology

From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

kain

1. cloth
2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “kain”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
• “kain”, in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa] (in Javanese), Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Noun

kain

1. skirt

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -in

Noun

kain (Jawi spelling کاءين, plural kain-kain or kain²)

1. cloth
2. textile

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berkain [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kain

Further reading

• "kain" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English kind.

Noun

kain

1. kind (of)
   • 2023 July 16, “'Nigerians prefer to welcome criminals into society dan transgender pipo' - Jay Boogie”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[1]:

     From dinner gowns to see-through dresses, den crop tops, jumpsuits, bum shots and short dresses na di kain clothes wey Jay Boogie dey wear.

     From dinner gowns to see-through, then crop tops, jumpsuits, bum shots and short dresses are the kind of clothes that Jay Boogie wears.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Cebuano kaon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/ [ˈkaː.ʔɪn̪], (colloquial) /ˈkaʔen/ [ˈkaː.ʔɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔin
• Syllabification: ka‧in

Noun

kain (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)

1. act or manner of eating or consuming
2. mealtime
3. amount of food eaten at a time
4. action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface

   Synonyms: kagat, talab

5. taking in something fed to be processed (of a machine)
6. (board games) capture of a piece of an opponent (in chess or checkers)
7. (figurative, colloquial) expiration of unused prepaid phone credits

Derived terms

• agad-kain
• enka
• hapag-kainan
• ikain
• ipangkain
• kain-suka
• kainan
• kainin
• kumain
• magpakain
• magpanginain
• makain
• makainan
• makakain
• makikain
• mangain
• manginain
• marami pang kakaining bigas
• pagkain
• panginain
• panginainan
• panginginain
• silid-kainan
• walang-kain

See also

• konsumo
• lamon
• nguya

Further reading

• “kain”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kain”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• kina, akin, naik

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kind.

Noun

kain

1. kind; type

Related terms

• kain kain
• narakain
• olkain