# kay
## Translingual
### Symbol

kay
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kamayurá.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Kamayurá terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪ

### Etymology 1

From Latin ka.

#### Noun

kay (plural kays)
* The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.
* (colloquial) A kilometer.
* (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).

##### Derived terms

* (letter): okay, kayo

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kay (plural kays)
* Dated form of cay.
** 1839, John Purdy, The Colombian Navigator:Three small sandy kays on the reef, bearing this name, lie at the distance of about 5½ miles S.S.E. from Boca Chica.

#### See also

* kay-fabe

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

kay
* (colloquial) Clipping of okay.

##### Alternative forms

* 'kay

##### Related terms

* m'kay, mkay, mm-kay, mmm-kay

### Anagrams

* kya, yak

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaj/ [ˈkʌj]
* Hyphenation: kay

### Determiner

káy
* his

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Aguacateca
### Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *chay, Proto-Mayan *kay. Proto-Mayan *kar Cognate with Achi kar , K'iche' kar, Akatek xcay

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaj/

### Noun

kay
* fish

### References

* Julia Becker de Richards, Maya' Choltzij: vocabulario comparativo de los idiomas Mayas de Guatemala (2003)
* Ryan Bennett, Mayan Phonology (2015)
* ↑ Preliminary Classic Maya ‐ English, English ‐ Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings by Erik Boot
* ↑ Introduction to "A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary"by Terrence Kaufman
* ↑ talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/awakateko/fish

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]

### Preposition

kay (Basahan spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)
* (Daet, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    Synonym: ki
    An kantang ini, para kay papa.This song's for (my) father.
    Yaon kay ate an selpon mo.Your sister has your cellphone.

#### Derived terms

* kay isay
* kay sa
* kay siisay

#### See also

* kan
* nin

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaj/ [ˈkaɪ̯]

### Conjunction

kay (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)
* because
    Synonym: tungod

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Conjunction

kay
* because

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaj/

### Etymology 1

From Saint Dominican Creole French caze, from French case (“hut, cabin”).

#### Noun

kay
* house

##### Derived terms

* kay chanmòt
* kay mistè

##### Related terms

* kaz

### Etymology 2

From French caille (“quail”)

#### Noun

kay
* quail

### Etymology 3

From French caye, from Spanish cayo (“key”).

#### Noun

kay
* key (small island)

##### Derived terms

* Kay Sab

##### Related terms

* Gwòskay
* Okay

## Hanunoo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaj/ [ˈkɐj]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: kay

### Determiner

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)
* his; her; its
    Synonym: kanya
    kay kadaka ― his/her/its size/bigness
    kay balay ― his/her/its house
    Kay irong kay kaaba!His nose, how long!
* (by extension) their
    Synonym: kanda

### Pronoun

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)
* by him; by her; by it
    Synonym: kanya
    Kay binuwat.It was done by him.
* of him; of her; of it
    Synonym: kanya
* (by extension) by them
    Synonym: kanda
* (by extension) of them
    Synonym: kanda

#### See also

* kan

### Adverb

kay (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜬ᜴)
* how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admiration or other strong feelings)
    Kay kadaka!How big!
    Kay irong kay kaaba!His nose, how long!

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 146

## Kalasha
### Adverb

kay
* when

### Conjunction

kay
* when

### Noun

kay
* when

### Pronoun

kay
* when

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* cay

### Etymology

Borrowed either from Asturian cai or Catalan call, from Latin callem.

### Noun

kay f (Hebrew spelling קאיי)
* (Balkan) street
    Synonym: kaleja

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish céo (“mist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʲeː/

### Noun

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)
* (weather) fog, mist

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ceó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Mapudungun
### Conjunction

kay (Raguileo spelling)
* and

## Middle English
### Noun

kay
* Alternative form of keye (“key”)

## Quechua
### Determiner

kay
* this

#### See also

* chay
* haqay

### Noun

kay
* being, essence

#### Declension
### Pronoun

kay
* this

#### Declension
### Verb

kay
* to be
    Maqtañam kani.I'm already an old person.
* to exist
* An auxiliary verb
    Chaypim puñuq kanki.You used to sleep there.

#### Conjugation
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* cay — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaj/ [kaɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: kay

### Preposition

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)
* Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
    Ang awiting ito ay para kay Tatay.This song is for Father.
    Ibigay mo ito kay Juan.Give this to Juan.

### Adverb

kay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔)
* how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admirationor other strong feelings)
    Kay ganda ng tanawin.How beautiful is the scenery.

#### Derived terms

* kay sa

### Further reading

* “kay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* yak

## Turkish
### Verb

kay
* second-person singular imperative of kaymak

## Yapese
### Verb

kay
* to eat

## Yucatec Maya
### Alternative forms

* cay (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

### Noun

kay (plural kayoʼob)
* fish

### References

* Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 91: “KAY”
* Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 307: “KAY”
* Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 178: “Pexe. Cay.”
* Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60: “kay”
* Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 45: “CAY, CAYIL: pez, pescado.”