kig

Translingual

Symbol

kig

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kimaama.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kimaama terms

English

Etymology

Clipping of kigurumi, from Japanese 着ぐるみ (kigurumi), from 着 (gi, “clothes, outfit”) + ぐるみ (-gurumi, all together, inclusive) (referring to the fact that the costume completely encloses the wearer).

Noun

kig (plural kigs)

1. A full-body costume of a cartoon character.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Welsh cig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Noun

kig m (plural kigoù)

1. meat, flesh

Mutation

Mutation of kig

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kig	gig	c'hig	unchanged
plural	kigoù	gigoù	c'higoù	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish cic, from Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Welsh cig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Noun

kig m (plural kigyow)

1. meat, flesh

Derived terms

• en kig eu kneus (“in the flesh”)
• kelyon kig (“bluebottles”)
• kig bewin (“beef”)
• kig davas (“mutton”)
• kig dens (“gum”)
• kig divynys (“minced meat”)
• kig leugh (“veal”)
• kig mogh (“pork, bacon”)
• kig mols (“mutton”)
• kig porhel (“pork”)
• kig yar (“chicken meat”)
• kigdebrer (“carnivore”)
• kiger (“butcher”)
• kigliw (“pink, flesh-coloured”)
• kigti (“butcher's shop”)
• kofen gig (“meat pasty”)
• pasti kig (“meat pasty”)
• sugen kig (“gravy, stock”)
• tregh kig (“steak”)

Mutation

Mutation of kig

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kig	gig	hig	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

Verb

kig

1. imperative of kigge