kain
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Irish cáin.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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.
=== 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(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
Hyphenation: ka‧in
=== Noun ===
kain
cloth
woven goods (usually for clothes and others)
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ka‧in
IPA(key): /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 ====
== Iban ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kain/
=== Noun ===
kain
cloth
textile
== Ilocano ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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 ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkain/ [ˈka.ɪn]
Rhymes: -ain
Syllabification: kain
=== Noun ===
kain (plural kain-kain)
cloth
textile
==== Hyponyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“kain”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 ===
=== Etymology ===
From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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] (in Javanese), 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 or kain2)
cloth
textile
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: kain
=== Further reading ===
"kain" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Nigerian Pidgin ==
=== Etymology ===
From English kind.
=== Noun ===
kain
kind (of)
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
cain, cayn — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Cebuano kaon.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /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 ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“kain”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“kain”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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