kic

See also: kić, kič, kıç, and Kić

Albanian

Alternative forms

• këc

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to bite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkit͡s/
• Rhymes: -it͡s

Verb

kic (aorist kica, participle kicë) (transitive)

1. to bite lightly

   Hypernym: kafshoj

2. (childish) to bite on

   Synonym: kafshoj

Derived terms

• kica pl

 

References

• “kic”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 830a
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 185
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kic”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 198a
• Newmark, L. (1999) “këc”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Atakapa

Noun

kic

1. woman

References

• John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha, and Atakapa languages (1919)

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kit͡s/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Syllabification: kic

Interjection

kic

1. (childish) hop!, boing! (used to imitate the sound of a rabbit's or hare's jump)

Derived terms

verbs

• kicać
• kicnąć

 

Further reading

• kic in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kic in Polish dictionaries at PWN