kig

English

Noun

kig (plural kigs)

1. Clipping of kigurumi.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Welsh cig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Noun

kig m

1. meat, flesh

Mutation

Mutation of kig

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kig	gig	c'hig	unchanged
plural	kigoù	gigoù	c'higoù	unchanged

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish cic, from Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Welsh cig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Noun

kig m (plural kigyow)

1. meat, flesh

Derived terms

• en kig eu kneus (“in the flesh”)
• kelyon kig (“bluebottles”)
• kig bewin (“beef”)
• kig davas (“mutton”)
• kig dens (“gum”)
• kig divynys (“minced meat”)
• kig leugh (“veal”)
• kig mogh (“pork, bacon”)
• kig mols (“mutton”)
• kig porhel (“pork”)
• kig yar (“chicken meat”)
• kiger (“butcher”)
• kigliw (“pink, flesh-coloured”)
• kigti (“butcher's shop”)
• kofen gig (“meat pasty”)
• pasti kig (“meat pasty”)
• sugen kig (“gravy, stock”)
• tregh kig (“steak”)

Mutation

Mutation of kig

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kig	gig	hig	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Danish

Verb

kig

1. imperative of kigge