klei

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch klei, from Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kləi̯/ === Noun === klei (uncountable) clay ==== Derived terms ==== kleilat == Alemannic German == === Adjective === klei alternative form of chlii == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klɛi̯/ Hyphenation: klei Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Homophone: Klei === Noun === klei f (uncountable, no diminutive) clay ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: klei Berbice Creole Dutch: klei → Caribbean Javanese: klèi → Papiamentu: klei ==== See also ==== boetseren === Anagrams === kiel == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɛ.i/ Rhymes: -ɛi Syllabification: kle‧i === Verb === klei third-person singular present of kleić == Rade == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Chamic *talɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. ==== Noun ==== klei (classifier aruăt) string; rope; wire === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih. ==== Verb ==== klei (transitive) to dig === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== klei human sound language === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== klei incident; occurrence ===== Usage notes ===== Nominalizes other parts of speech like Vietnamese sự or Japanese 事 (koto). === References === James A. Tharp; Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980), A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64