kye

See also: Kye

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.

Noun

kye

1. (archaic or dialectal) (deprecated template usage) plural of cow
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 23:

     devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ki
• ky

Noun

kye (uncountable)

1. (UK, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).
   • 2009, John Roberts, Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy:

     […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.

   • 2013, David Arnold, Hursey in Conflict: A Story of Love and Victory (page 73)

     Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.

Etymology 3

From Korean [Term?].

Noun

kye (plural kyes)

1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

Anagrams

• Key, key

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Middle English

Noun

kye

1. Alternative form of kie

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English cȳ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kae/

Noun

kye

1. plural of coo
   • 1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:

     For then I had a score o' kye, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Feeding on yon hill sae high, / And giving milk to me.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌj/

Noun

kye (plural kyes)

1. (Southern Scots) a key