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3-letter words (2 found)

KAY,YAK,

2-letter words (4 found)

AY,KA,KY,YA,

You can make 6 words from kay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of kay

kay aky kya yka ayk yak

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Definitions and meaning of kay

kay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Latin ka.

Interjection

kay

  1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of okay.
Alternative forms
  • 'kay
Related terms
  • m'kay, mkay, mm-kay, mmm-kay

Noun

kay (plural kays)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.
  2. (colloquial) A kilometer.
  3. (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

Noun

kay (plural kays)

  1. Dated form of cay.

See also

  • kay-fabe

Anagrams

  • kya, yak

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaj/, [ˈkʌj]
  • Hyphenation: kay

Determiner

káy

  1. his

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aguacateca

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *chay, Proto-Mayan *kay. Proto-Mayan *kar  Cognate with Achi kar , K'iche' kar, Akatek xcay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

  1. fish

References

  • Julia Becker de Richards, Maya' Choltzij: vocabulario comparativo de los idiomas Mayas de Guatemala (2003)
  • Ryan Bennett, Mayan Phonology (2015)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj/, [kaɪ̯]

Preposition

kay (Basahan spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. (Daet, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    Synonym: ki

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaj/, [ˈkaɪ̯]

Conjunction

kay (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. because
    Synonym: tungod

Dibabawon Manobo

Conjunction

kay

  1. because

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From Saint Dominican Creole French caze, from French case (“hut, cabin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

  1. house

Etymology 2

From French caille (“quail”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj/

Noun

kay

  1. quail

Kalasha

Adverb

kay

  1. when

Conjunction

kay

  1. when

Noun

kay

  1. when

Pronoun

kay

  1. when

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • cay

Etymology

Borrowed either from Asturian cai or Catalan call, from Latin callem.

Noun

kay f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קאיי)

  1. (Balkan) street
    Synonym: kaleja

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish céo (“mist”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲeː/

Noun

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

  1. (weather) fog

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mapudungun

Conjunction

kay (Raguileo spelling)

  1. and

Middle English

Noun

kay

  1. Alternative form of keye (“key”)

Quechua

Determiner

kay

  1. this

See also

  • chay
  • haqay

Noun

kay

  1. being, essence

Declension

Pronoun

kay

  1. this

Declension

Verb

kay

  1. to be
  2. to exist
  3. An auxiliary verb

Conjugation

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • cay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaj/, [kaɪ̯]

Preposition

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

Adverb

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admirationor other strong feelings)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Verb

kay

  1. second-person singular imperative of kaymak

Yapese

Verb

kay

  1. to eat

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

  • cay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

kay (plural kayoʼob)

  1. fish

References

  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 91: “KAY”
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 307: “KAY”
  • Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 178: “Pexe. Cay.”
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60: “kay”
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 45: “CAY, CAYIL: pez, pescado.”

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