kene

== English == === Adjective === kene (comparative kener or more kene, superlative kenest or most kene) Obsolete form of keen. === Anagrams === Enke, Keen, keen, knee, neek == Alemannic German == === Verb === kene alternative form of kenne (“to know”) == Chuukese == === Etymology === ke- +‎ -ne === Pronoun === kene (command) you will (soon) ==== Synonyms ==== kopwene == Crimean Tatar == === Adverb === kene again === References === “kene”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, capable”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkeːn(ə)/ === Adjective === kẹ̄ne keen c. 1370–1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman; published as “Passus XVII”, in Walter W[illiam] Skeat, editor, The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman, together with the Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362–1393 A.D.): Edited from Numerous Manuscripts, with Prefaces, Notes, and a Glossary, [...] In Four Parts, part III (Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman, the Whitaker Text, or Text C; Richard the Bedeles; The Crowned King), London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, 1873, →OCLC, page 285, lines 82–85: c. 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knightes Tale” from The Canterbury Tales; published in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, volume I (Containing Chaucer, Surrey, Wyatt & Sackville), London: Printed for Iohn & Arthur Arch, 23, Gracechurch Street; Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Co., [1795], →OCLC, page 17, column 2: ==== Descendants ==== English: keen Scots: keen Yola: keen, keéne === References === == Tocharian B == === Etymology === From Proto-Tocharian *kene (whence Tocharian A kaṃ), probably from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). === Noun === kene m melody, tune (poetry) meter === Further reading === Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “kene”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 206 == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ceˈne/ Hyphenation: ke‧ne === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كنه (kene), from Proto-Turkic *kēne (“tick”). ==== Noun ==== kene (definite accusative keneyi, plural keneler) tick, a tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida Synonym: sakırga ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “kene”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kene”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kene1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2548 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kene”, in Nişanyan Sözlük === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kene (definite accusative keneyi, plural keneler) alternative form of keme (“big rat”) ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kene4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2548