# kain
## English
### Etymology

From Irish cáin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keɪn/
* Rhymes: -eɪn
* Homophones: Cain, cane, Kaine, Kane

### Noun

kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)
* (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.

### References

* “kain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* akin, naik, Kian, Akin, a-kin, Inka, a kin, kina, Naik

## Banyumasan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːiːn/
* Hyphenation: ka‧in

### Noun

kain
* cloth
* woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧in
* IPA: /ˈkaʔin/ [ˈka.ʔin̪]

### Verb

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

#### Synonyms

* kakan
* kaon

#### Derived terms

* kainan
* kainon
* magkain
* pakain

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

IPA: /kain/

### Noun

kain
* cloth
* textile

## Ilocano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʔin/

### Noun

káin
* long skirt
    Synonym: pandiling

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈka.ɪn]
* Hyphenation: kain

### Noun

kain (plural kain-kain)
* cloth
* textile

#### Derived terms

* berkain

### Further reading

* “kain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

kain
* Rōmaji transcription of かいん

## Javanese
### Alternative forms

Javanese writing system :
| Carakan | ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | kain |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːiːn/
* Hyphenation: ka‧in

### Noun

kain
* cloth
* woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

### Further reading

* The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kain”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, 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
### Etymology

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

### Noun

kain
* skirt

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -in

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* berkain [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kain

### Further reading

* “kain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English kind.

### Noun

kain
* kind (of)
** 2023, “'Nigerians prefer to welcome criminals into society dan transgender pipo' - Jay Boogie”, in BBC News Pidgin‎: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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Cebuano kaon.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkaʔin/ [ˈkaː.ʔɪn̪], (colloquial) /ˈkaʔen/ [ˈkaː.ʔɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -aʔin
* Syllabification: ka‧in

### Noun

kain (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)
* act or manner of eating or consuming
* mealtime
* amount of food eaten at a time
* action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface
    Synonyms: kagat, talab
* taking in something fed to be processed (of a machine)
* (board games) capture of a piece of an opponent (in chess or checkers)
* (figurative, colloquial) expiration of unused prepaid phone credits

#### Derived terms

* agad-kain
* enka
* hapag-kainan
* ikain
* ipangkain
* kainan
* kainin
* kumain
* magpakain
* magpanginain
* makain
* makainan
* makakain
* makikain
* mangain
* manginain
* marami pang kakaining bigas
* pagkain
* panginain
* panginainan
* panginginain
* silid-kainan
* walang-kain

#### See also

* konsumo
* lamon
* nguya

### Further reading

* “kain”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “kain”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* kina, akin, naik

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English kind.

### Noun

kain
* kind; type

#### Related terms

* kain kain
* narakain
* olkain