kesi

From Proto-Finnic *keci.

kesi (genitive kee, partitive kett)

1. grain husk, chaff

From Proto-Finnic *keci, from Proto-Uralic *kete.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkesi/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation^(key): ke‧si

kesi (archaic)

1. The thin outer layer of skin.

• kesiä
• kesakko

• IPA^(key): /ˈkesi/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠i] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkesiˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠i(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation^(key): ke‧si

kesi

1. inflection of kesiä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• iske

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

kesi

1. scissors

kesi f

1. pouch

 

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kesi

Wikipedia ^sw

Probably from English case.

• Audio (Kenya):

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kesi (n class, plural kesi)

1. court case (legal proceeding, lawsuit)

   Synonym: malau

2. (medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
   • 2021 December 23, “Utafiti: Omicron inaonekana kuwa dhaifu lakini wasiwasi bado upo”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[2]:

     Kwa mara kwanza, zaidi ya kesi 100,000 zimeripotiwa nchini Uingereza ndani ya siku moja.

     For the first time, more than 100,000 cases have been reported in the UK in one day.

kesi

1. to tie up