kic

See also: kić, kič, kıç, and Kić

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • këc

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, to bite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkit͡s/
  • Rhymes: -it͡s

Verb

kic (aorist kica, participle kicë) (transitive)

  1. to bite lightly
    Hypernym: kafshoj
  2. (childish) to bite on
    Synonym: kafshoj

Derived terms

References

  • “kic”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 830a
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 185
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kic”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 198a
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “këc”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Atakapa

Noun

kic

  1. woman

References

  • John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha, and Atakapa languages (1919)

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kit͡s/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡s
  • Syllabification: kic

Interjection

kic

  1. (childish) hop!, boing! (used to imitate the sound of a rabbit's or hare's jump)

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • kic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kic in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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