kil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kil"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Kariya with l as a placeholder.

Symbol

kil

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kariya terms

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəl/

Adjective

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)

  1. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
  2. cold-hearted, cold-blooded (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Breton

Noun

kil ?

  1. back

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish kyl, from Old Cornish chil, from Proto-Brythonic *kil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos. Compare Breton kil, Welsh cil.

Noun

kil m (plural kilyer)

  1. nook, recess
    Synonyms: kornet, sorn
  2. back
    Synonym: keyn
  3. nape, reverse
Derived terms
  • kila (recede, verb)
  • kilans (recession)
  • kilden (retreat)
  • kildenna (back off, verb)
  • kildhans (molar)
  • kildreylya (revert, verb)
  • kildro (reversal)
  • kilfia (desert, jump ship, verb)
  • kilfos (backwall)
  • kilgegin (utility room)
  • kilgi (coward)
  • kilgieth (cowardice)
  • kilslynkya (backpedal, verb)
  • kilva (background)
  • kilwagren (tonsil)
  • kilweyhta (retrofit, verb)
  • kilwrians (retrofit, noun)

Verb

kil

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kila (to recede)
  2. second-person singular imperative of kila (to recede)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French quille. Compare Breton kilhoù.

Noun

kil m (plural kilyow or kilys)

  1. skittle, ninepin, bowling pin

Mutation

Mutation of kil
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kil gil hil unchanged unchanged unchanged

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

References

2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.357)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪl]

Noun

kil

  1. genitive plural of kilo

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːl/, [kʰiːˀl]

Verb

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kille, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz,[1] related to Middle Dutch killen (to be (ice) cold).

Related also to German Low German Köle, German kühl, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur, and English chill.

Adjective

kil (comparative killer, superlative kilst)

  1. cold-hearted, cold-blooded
  2. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
Declension
Declension of kil
uninflected kil
inflected kille
comparative killer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kil killer het kilst
het kilste
indefinite m./f. sing. kille killere kilste
n. sing. kil killer kilste
plural kille killere kilste
definite kille killere kilste
partitive kils killers
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kil

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (to crack, split).[2]

Noun

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

  1. kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats
  2. creek, rivulet
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Elizabeth J. Jewell, Frank Abate, Erin McKean, editors (2005), “kil”, in The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

French

Etymology

A clipping of kilo.

Pronunciation

Noun

kil m (plural kils)

  1. (slang) synonym of kilo
  2. (slang) liter of wine.

References

Garo

Noun

kil

  1. cotton

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese aquele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kel.

Pronoun

kil

  1. this
  2. that

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *küllä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiˀl/, [ˈkiˀl]

Particle

ki’l

  1. An emphatic particle; sure

Adverb

ki’l

  1. enough, sufficient

Etymology 2

Derived from ki’llõ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiˀl/, [ˈkiˀl]

Noun

ki’l

  1. sound, ring
  2. (linguistics) phone
Declension
Declension of ki’l (73)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) ki’l kilūd
genitive (genitīv) ki’l kilūd
partitive (partitīv) ki’llõ ki’ļḑi
dative (datīv) ki’llõn kilūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) ki’lkõks kilūdõks
illative (illatīv) ki’llõ ki’ļži
inessive (inesīv) ki’lsõ ki’ļši
elative (elatīv) ki’lstõ ki’ļšti

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkil/, [ˈkilː]

Noun

kil

  1. alternative form of kiļ
Declension
Declension of kil (126)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kil killõd
genitive (genitīv) kil killõd
partitive (partitīv) killõ killidi
dative (datīv) killõn killõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) killõks killõdõks
illative (illatīv) killõ killiž
inessive (inesīv) kilsõ killis
elative (elatīv) kilstõ killist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kil”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ki’l”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Noun

kil (construct form kilin)

  1. skin

References

Mokilese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkil/

Noun

kil

  1. skin

Possessive forms

Possessive forms of kil (tight inalienable possession, -i stem)
singular
possessor
first person kilihoa
second person kilimwen
third person kilin
dual
possessors
first person inclusive kilisa
first person exclusive kilima
second person kilimwa
third person kilira
plural
possessors
first person inclusive kilisai
first person exclusive kilimai
second person kilimwai
third person kilirai
remote plural
possessors
first person inclusive kilihs
first person exclusive kilimi
second person kilimwi
third person kilihr
construct form kilin

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Old French

Contraction

kil

  1. Contraction of ke + il (that he, that it)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kiel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkil/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: kil
  • Homophone: Kil

Noun

kil m inan (related adjective kilowy)

  1. (nautical) keel (beam along the underside of a ship's hull)
    Synonym: stępka
  2. (aeronautics) keel (construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course)
  3. (zoology) keel (periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge)

Declension

Derived terms

interjections
  • stopy wody pod kilem

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kil, kilo.

Noun

kil n (plural kile)

  1. kilo

Declension

Declension of kil
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative kil kilul kile kilele
genitive-dative kil kilului kile kilelor
vocative kilule kilelor

Slovene

Noun

kil

  1. genitive dual/plural of kila

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

kil (plural kiɛl)

  1. rhinoceros

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[3], 2005

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (to split, crack open).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

kil c

  1. wedge
  2. (heraldry) pile

Declension

References

Anagrams

Tarao

Noun

kil

  1. elbow

References

  • Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002), Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیل (kil), from Persian گل (gel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcil/

Noun

kil (definite accusative kili, plural killer)

  1. clay
    Synonym: çamur

Derived terms

Adjective

kil

  1. clay, made of clay

References

Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : kil
    Ordinal : kilid
    Adverbial : kilna

Numeral

kil

  1. three

Derived terms

  • kilüm

Wiradjuri

Noun

kil

  1. alternative spelling of geel

Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kil˧/

Noun

kil

  1. corner

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40