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klei

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See also: Klei and Kléi

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch klei, from Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to glue, stick together).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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klei (uncountable)

  1. clay

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to glue, stick together). Compare German Klei, English clay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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klei f (uncountable)

  1. clay

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: klei
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: klei
  • Caribbean Javanese: klèi
  • Papiamentu: klei

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Anagrams

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛ.i/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Syllabification: kle‧i

Verb

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klei

  1. third-person singular present of kleić

Rade

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Chamic *talɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Noun

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klei (classifier aruăt)

  1. string; rope; wire

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb

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klei

  1. (transitive) to dig

Etymology 3

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Noun

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klei

  1. human sound
  2. language

Etymology 4

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Noun

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klei

  1. incident; occurrence
    klei bruă anei
    this incident
    Klei Aê Diê Blŭ
    the Bible
    (literally, “the Stories God Told”)
    Klei Mphŭn Dơ̆ng
    Genesis
    (literally, “the Beginning”)
    Klei Kbiă
    Exodus
    (literally, “the Exit”)
    Klei Yap
    Numbers
    (literally, “the Accounting”)
    Klei Mtô Mñă Klei Bhiăn
    Deuteronomy
    (literally, “the Restatement of the Law”)
Usage notes
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Nominalizes other parts of speech like Vietnamese sự or Japanese (koto).

References

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  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64