kiek
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)
- (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)
Usage notes
[edit]Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.
Verb
[edit]kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)
- to photograph; to take a picture
Synonyms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).
Noun
[edit]kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
- (chiefly diminutive) a snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]kiek
- inflection of kieken:
Etymology 2
[edit]See kieken (“chicken”)
Noun
[edit]kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)
- a chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
- a domestic chicken or other fowl
- (figuratively) a dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (“club”). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.
Noun
[edit]kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
- a vernacular name for plants of several species:
Synonyms
[edit]- zwarte mosterd (Brassica nigra)
- gele kiek (several)
- witte kiek (several)
- look-zonder-look (Alliaria petiolata)
- kiedik (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Clipping of kiekendief.
Noun
[edit]kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
- (birdwatching slang) Clipping of kiekendief.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 5
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiek m (plural kieks, diminutive kiekje n)
- (Suriname, colloquial, idiomatic) something that is amusing, fun, or giving a nice sensation
- Gaan we een kiek zetten? ― Do you want to have fun?
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kiek
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an apocope of kíeka, the nominative and accusative singular neutral form of kíekas (“how big”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (“who, what”), though the exact morphology is unclear.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ki̇́ek
Derived terms
[edit]- kiẽkis (“amount”)
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kíek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 284
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