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kine

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See also: Kine, kiné, kině, Kinë, kiñe, kiʼne, and kine-

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Etymology 1

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From Middle English kie, equivalent to ky +‎ -en (plural ending), a double plural.

Noun

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kine

  1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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kine (plural kines)

  1. (physics) The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
    • 1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal, volumes 49-50, page 169:
      It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines []

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Anagrams

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Fula

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Noun

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kine

  1. (Adamawa) nose

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Hawaiian Creole

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Noun

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kine

  1. a kind of, type of
    Da truck is small kine weird.
    The truck is a little bit weird.

Salar

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Noun

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kine

  1. Alternative form of kiyne

Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /kin-/:sharp
  • /-e/: inanimate intransitive suffix
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee kíineew (it is sharp), Massachusett kēnai (it is sharp), Ojibwe giinaa (it is sharp), Malecite-Passamaquoddy kineyu (it is sharp).

Verb

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kine inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is sharp
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References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kine”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project