kes

kes

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kugbo.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kugbo terms

kes (uncountable)

1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Shortening.

kes

1. (UK, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

• Esk, Sek

From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

1. (interrogative) who

• keegi

From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛs]
• Hyphenation: kes

kès

1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.

   Synonyms: kontan, tunai

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kes.

• “kes” 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.

 

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From English case, from Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”).

kés (Jawi spelling کيس, plural kes-kes, informal 1st possessive kesku, 2nd possessive kesmu, 3rd possessive kesnya)

1. case:
   1. (law) lawsuit, legal proceeding.
   2. (medicine) an instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kes.

• kasus (Indonesia)

• “kes” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From English case.

kes

1. case; box; carton

kes

1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

kes!

1. shut up!