kue

kue (plural kues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue.
   • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:

     The names of the letters, as now commonly spoken and written in English, are A, Bee, Cee, Dee, E, Eff, Gee, Aitch, I, Jay, Kay, Ell, Em, En, O, Pee, Kue, Ar, Ess, Tee, U, Vee, Double-u, Ex, Wy, Zee.

   • 1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:

     And there is [a] proverbial warning to mind your pees and kues.

   • 2003, Cristian Darie, Karli Watson, The Programmer's Guide to SQL, Apress, page 1:

     SQL is pronounced either "ess-kue-ell" or "see-kwell" depending on your preference.

• mind one's pees and kues

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kue (imperative ku, infinitive at kue, present tense kuer, past tense kuede, perfect tense har kuet)

1. to cow (to intimidate)
2. to subdue
3. to stunt (to check or hinder the growth or development)

• underkue (verb)
• undertrykke (verb)

• “kue” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Hokkien 粿 (kóe, “rice cake”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkue̯]

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• Hyphenation: kuè

kuè (first-person possessive kueku, second-person possessive kuemu, third-person possessive kuenya)

1. kuih

   Synonym: geleca

2. cake

   Synonym: bolu

3. cookie

   Synonym: kukis

• koeé (superseded)
• kuih (Brunei, Malaysia)
• kueh (Singapore)

• “kue” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *kudëk, equivalent to kuttoa (“to weave”) +‎ -e. Cognates include Finnish kude and Estonian kude.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkue/, [ˈkue̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkue/, [ˈkue̞]
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: ku‧e

kue

1. weft (interlaced threads)

Declension of kue (type 6/lähe, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kue	kutteet
genitive	kutteen	kuttein
partitive	kuetta	kutteita
illative	kutteesse	kutteisse
inessive	kuttees	kutteis
elative	kutteest	kutteist
allative	kutteelle	kutteille
adessive	kutteel	kutteil
ablative	kutteelt	kutteilt
translative	kutteeks	kutteiks
essive	kutteenna, kutteen	kutteinna, kuttein
exessive1)	kutteent	kutteint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 211

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwɛ]
• Hyphenation: kue

Cognates include Minica Huitoto kue and Nüpode Huitoto kue.

kue

1. I
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.

     Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kue

1. iguana

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 51
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 157

kue (present tense kuar, past tense kua, past participle kua, passive infinitive kuast, present participle kuande, imperative kue/ku)

1. Alternative form of kua