klei
See also: Klei and Kléi
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
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/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: klei
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
- Homophone: Klei
Noun
klei f (uncountable)
- clay
Derived terms
- boetseerklei
- kleien
- kleileem
- kleitablet
- pijpklei
- rivierklei
- veenklei
- zeeklei
Descendants
- Afrikaans: klei
- Berbice Creole Dutch: klei
- → Caribbean Javanese: klèi
- → Papiamentu: klei
See also
- boetseren
Anagrams
- kiel
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɛ.i/
Audio (file) - 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
- Amĭ blei klei pui.
- Mom buys electrical wires.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb
klei
- (transitive) to dig
Noun
klei
- human sound
- language
- klei Êđê
- Rade
- klei Yuăn
- Vietnamese
- klei Prăng
- French
Noun
klei
- incident; occurrence
- klei bruă anei
- this incident
References
- James A. Tharp; Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2021-11-01, retrieved 22 December 2021, page 64