kie

See also: -kie and kìe

Translingual

Symbol

kie

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kibet terms

English

Alternative forms

• kee
• kine
• ky, kye

Etymology

From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

kie

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow
   • 1567, Ovid, “The Seconde Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:

     And if thou zawest any kie come royling through this grounde,
     Or driven away, tell what he was and where they may be vownde.

References

• “kie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ike, EIK, eki, Kei

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kie/

Noun

kie class V gender m

1. lizard

References

• Lock, Arnold Hugo. 2011. Abau Grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages 57. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL-PNG Academic Publications. Available online.
  • p.63 (masculine gender noted)
  • p.68, Table 21 (listed under Class 5, Masculine)

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

kie (plural kie dem, quantified kie)

1. cay

Verb

kie (past min kie, future go kie, completive dun kie, imperfective a kie)

1. to care

Esperanto

Etymology

ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) + -e (correlative suffix of place)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkie/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Audio 3:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ie
• Syllabification: ki‧e

Conjunction

kie (accusative kien)

1. where

   Tie li trovis post unuhora promenado kaj pridemandado la ponton, kie li trovos sian feliĉon.

   There he found, after one hour of walking and interrogating, the bridge, where he would find his happiness.

Adverb

kie (accusative kien)

1. where

Derived terms

• kie ajn (“wherever”)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kie can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kie ajn thus means wherever.

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Further reading

• “kie”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kie”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Japanese

Romanization

kie

1. Rōmaji transcription of きえ

Lutuv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kīē]

Verb

kie

1. to fry

References

• Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022), “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[2], volume 3, number 1, archived from the original on 10 June 2026

Middle English

Noun

kie

1. alternative form of ky

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: kie

Pronoun

kie

1. inflection of ki:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Ter Sami

Pronoun

kie

1. alternative typography of ке̄ (kie)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English kaye, from Old French kay, cail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯/
• IPA^(key): /kaː/, /kai̯/, /keː/ (spelled ka, kai, kay)

Noun

kie

1. quay
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:

     'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "

     I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "