kic

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kic"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• këc

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to bite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkit͡s/
• Rhymes: -it͡s

Verb

kic (aorist kica, participle kicë) (transitive)

1. to bite lightly

   Hypernym: kafshoj

2. (childish) to bite on

   Synonym: kafshoj

Derived terms

• kica pl

 

References

• “kic”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 830a
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 185
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kic”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 198a
• Newmark, L. (1999) “këc”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Atakapa

Noun

kic

1. woman

References

• John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha, and Atakapa languages (1919)

Linngithigh

Verb

kic (future kiy, past kin, irrealis ki')

1. (transitive) bear, give birth to
2. (transitive) lay (of eggs)

   Nya ngambay lu anim lu kic?

   How many eggs does it lay?

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kit͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Syllabification: kic

Interjection

kic

1. (childish) hop!, boing! (used to imitate the sound of a rabbit's or hare's jump)

Derived terms

verbs

• kicać
• kicnąć

 

Further reading

• kic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kic in Polish dictionaries at PWN