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kives

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English

Noun

kives

  1. plural of kive

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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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰiːvəs, ˈkʰiːʊs]

Verb

kives (imperative -, infinitive at kives, present tense kives, past tense kivedes, perfect tense har kivedes)

  1. (archaic) to quarrel

Derived terms

kiv

References

kives” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Estonian

Noun

kives

  1. inessive plural of kivi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kives, equivalent to kivi (stone) + -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʋes/, [ˈk̟iʋe̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -iʋes
  • Syllabification(key): ki‧ves
  • Hyphenation(key): ki‧ves

Noun

kives

  1. (anatomy) testicle
    Synonyms: (informal) keleksi, kelli, kulkunen, muna, munasku, munaskuukkeli, palli
  2. (archaic) A stone wrapped in birchbark that is used to weigh down a fishnet or seine.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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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

  1. stone inside birchbark used as a weight for a fishnet
Declension
More information Declension of (type 2/petos, no gradation), singular ...
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkiʋesːæ/, [ˈkiʋe̞ˑs̠ː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkiʋes/, [ˈkiʋe̞ˑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -iʋesː, -iʋes
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ves

Noun

kives

  1. inessive singular of kivi

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 172
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