kyte
See also: Kyte and kýtě
English
Noun
kyte (plural kytes)
- Obsolete form of kite (“bird of prey”).
- (Scotland) Alternative spelling of kite (“the stomach; the belly”)
- 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939, page 17:
- "You know my father's name?" / "It would be strange if I didnae," he returned, "for he was my born brother; and little as ye seem to like either me or my house, or my good parritch, I'm your born uncle, Davie, my man, and you my born nephew. So give us the letter, and sit down and fill your kyte."
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Anagrams
- Tyke, tyek, tyke
Middle English
Alternative forms
- kete, kijt, kite, kute, kuyte
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, from Proto-Germanic *kūts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːt(ə)/
Noun
kyte (plural kytes)
- A kite (the bird of prey)
Descendants
- English: kite
- Scots: kyt, kyte
- → Welsh: cud
References
- “kīte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-28.
Scots
Etymology
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Noun
kyte (plural kytes)
- Belly, stomach
- c. 1592, Rob Stene, "Rob Stene's Dream":
- To cleith his bak, and fill his wame,
- Not sparing napir wyld, nor tame,
- Could not content his emptie kyte,
- Nor quenche his greidy appetyte.
- c. 1592, Rob Stene, "Rob Stene's Dream":
Derived terms
- kyte-clung
- up the kyte
West Flemish
Noun
kyte f (plural kytn)
- calf, back of the leg below the knee