kait

See also: kaʼit and Kait

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑi̯t/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑit
• Syllabification^(key): kait
• Hyphenation^(key): kait

Adverb

kait (colloquial)

1. alternative form of kai (“maybe, perhaps”)

Further reading

• “kait”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• Kati, akti, kati, kita

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kait.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkait/ [ˈka.ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ait
• Syllabification: kait

Noun

kait (plural kait-kait)

1. hook (a rod bent into a curved shape)
2. (figurative) hook (a snare; a trap)
3. (computing) hook (the part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour)
4. (typography) space between lines, see ⏎
5. (typography) serif (a short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces)
6. complication
7. (mycology) crosier, crozier

Derived terms

• berkait
• berkait-kaitan
• berkaitan
• berpengait
• kaitan
• keterkaitan
• mengait
• mengaitkan
• pengait
• sekait
• terkait

Verb

kait (active mengait, passive dikait)

1. to pull with a hook
2. to hurt or trap with a hook or something similar

Further reading

• “kait”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited either from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaqit (“to hold or pull with a hook”) or Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [ka.(j)et]
  • Rhymes: -aet, -et
• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [ka.(j)it]
  • Rhymes: -ait, -it
• Hyphenation: ka‧it

Noun

kait (Jawi spelling کاءيت, plural kait-kait or kait²)

1. A hook:
   1. A rod bent into a curved shape.

      Synonym: cangkuk

   2. (figurative) A snare or a trap.

Verb

kait (Jawi spelling کاءيت)

1. Infinitive of mengait.

Affixations

• berkait
• berkait-kaitan
• berkaitan
• kait-paut
• kaitan
• keberkaitan
• keterkaitan
• memperkaitkan
• mengait
• mengaitkan
• pengait
• pengaitan
• perkaitan
• terkait

Compounds

• hubung kait
• jarum kait

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kait (inherited)

Further reading

• “kait”, 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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈʔit/ [kɐˈʔɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ka‧it

Noun

kaít (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜆ᜔)

1. act of denying someone something; act of not giving something to someone

Derived terms

• ipagkait
• magkait
• pagkaitan
• pagkakait

Anagrams

• kati, atik, kita, tika, akit, itak