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kives
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English
Noun
kives
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish kiffue, from Old Norse kífa, either a cognate of or borrowed from Middle Low German kīven, Proto-Germanic *kībaną. Other cognates are German keifen and Dutch kijven.
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Verb
kives (imperative -, infinitive at kives, present tense kives, past tense kivedes, perfect tense har kivedes)
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References
“kives” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Estonian
Noun
kives
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kives, equivalent to kivi (“stone”) + -s.
Pronunciation
Noun
kives
- (anatomy) testicle
- (archaic) A stone wrapped in birchbark that is used to weigh down a fishnet or seine.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “kives”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Ingrian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kives, equivalent to kive- (“stone”) + -s. Cognates include Finnish kives and Veps kivez.
Pronunciation
Noun
kives
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
kives
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 172
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