Kaïnt
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kai̯nt/
- Homophone: kaïnt
- Hyphenation: Kaïnt
- Rhymes: -ai̯nt
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþą.
Alternative forms
- kink, Kenk (Southeast Limburgish)
- kindj (widespread variant)
- kiendj (Roermond)
- Kenj (Selfkant)
- kèndj (Sittard)
- kind (widespread variant)
- keend (Maastricht)
Noun
Kaïnt n (plural Kaïnder, diminutive Kénntje or Kineke)
- (Eupen) kid; child (young person)
- (Eupen) child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal)
Etymology 2
From earlier Limburgish kant, from Old Northern French cant, from Medieval Latin canthus. Ultimately of Gaulish origin.
Noun
Kaïnt f (plural Kaïnte, diminutive Kénntje)
- side, face (of an object)
- side (as opposed to top or bottom)
- way, direction