kes

See also: Kes, KES, kés, keš, keş, and kęs

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kes (uncountable)

1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

kes

1. (UK, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

Anagrams

• Esk, Sek

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Estonian

Etymology

From + the pronoun see.

Pronoun

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Declension of kes (type irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	kes	kes
genitive	kelle	kellede
partitive	keda	keda
illative	kellesse	kelledesse
inessive	kelles	kelledes
elative	kellest	kelledest
allative	kellele	kelledele
adessive	kellel	kelledel
ablative	kellelt	kelledelt
translative	kelleks	kelledeks
terminative	kelleni	kelledeni
essive	kellena	kelledena
abessive	kelleta	kelledeta
comitative	kellega	kelledega

Declension of kes (type irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	kes	kes
genitive	kelle	kelle
partitive	keda	keda
illative	kellesse	kellesse
inessive	kelles	kelles
elative	kellest	kellest
allative	kellele	kellele
adessive	kellel	kellel
ablative	kellelt	kellelt
translative	kelleks	kelleks
terminative	kelleni	kelleni
essive	kellena	kellena
abessive	kelleta	kelleta
comitative	kellega	kellega

Derived terms

• keegi

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Indonesian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Dutch cash, from English cash, from Middle French caisse (“money box”), from Old Occitan caissa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capiō (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”). Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛs]
• Hyphenation: kès

Adjective

kès

1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.

   Synonyms: kontan, tunai

Related terms

• kas
• kasa

 

Further reading

• “kes” 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.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English case.

Noun

kes

1. case; box; carton

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Turkish

Verb

kes

1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

Antonyms

• kesme