ky

Alternative forms

• kye

Etymology

From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with West Frisian kij (“cows”), Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.

Noun

ky

1. (dialectal and Scotland) plural of cow

Abbreviation

ky or kyr

1. (metrology) Symbol for the kiloyear (kiloyear), an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years (years).

Anagrams

• YK

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *k̂(e)i, *k̂(i)i̯o 'this'. Cognate to Ancient Greek (Lesb.) κῆνος (kênos, “that”), Latin cis (“this side, this way”), Old Norse hann (“he”), English he.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

Determiner

ky m

1. this

   Ky është libri im. — Ky libër është imi.

   This is my book. — This book is mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiː], [kəi]

Noun

ky m (plural keun)

1. (Standard Cornish) dog

Mutation

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: ky

Noun

 m, f

1. other, another

Inflection

Declension of ky

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	—
dual	ky	, kt, kty
plural	, , , kjwj, kwj, kw	kt

By the end of Old Egyptian, the feminine plural fell out of use and the masculine plural became a general plural.

When ky stands alone rather than in apposition, it has a different plural form, kt-ḫt or kt-ḫj .

References

• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64
• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, revised 3rd edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 98, page 78