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kain

See also: Kain and käin

English

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Etymology

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From Irish cáin.

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kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)

  1. (Scots law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
    • 1798, Robert Douglas, General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk:
      hens […] in most leases make a part of the rent, under the name of kain, and are generally kept for conveniency or profit.

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Banyumasan

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ (kain, “cloth”), from Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧in

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kain

  1. cloth
  2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧in
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʔin/ [ˈka.ʔin̪]

Verb

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kain

  1. (Daet) to eat; to dine
  2. (Daet) to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
  3. (Daet) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

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IPA(key): /kain/

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kain

  1. cloth
  2. textile

Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

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káin

  1. long skirt
    Synonym: pandiling

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈka.ɪn]
  • Hyphenation: kain

Noun

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kain (first-person possessive kainku, second-person possessive kainmu, third-person possessive kainnya)

  1. cloth
  2. textile

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kain

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かいん

Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀
Roman kain

Etymology

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From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧in

Noun

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kain

  1. cloth
  2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kain”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • “kain” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.

Lubuagan Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

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kain

  1. skirt

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

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kain (Jawi spelling کاءين, plural kain-kain, informal 1st possessive kainku, 2nd possessive kainmu, 3rd possessive kainnya)

  1. cloth
  2. textile

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  • Indonesian: kain

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Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English kind.

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kain

  1. kind (of)
    • 2023, “'Nigerians prefer to welcome criminals into society dan transgender pipo' - Jay Boogie”, in BBC News Pidgin‎[1]:
      From dinner gowns to see-through dresses, den crop tops, jumpsuits, bum shots and short dresses na di kain clothes wey Jay Boogie dey wear.
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

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kain (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. act or manner of eating or consuming
  2. mealtime
  3. amount of food eaten at a time
  4. action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface
    Synonyms: kagat, talab
  5. taking in something fed to be processed (of a machine)
  6. (figurative, colloquial) expiration of unused prepaid phone credits

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English kind.

Noun

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kain

  1. kind; type
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