קײַען

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German kūwen, kiuwen, from Old High German kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan. Compare German kauen, and also its alternative forms käuen and keuen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɪ̯ən/
  • Homophone: קין (kayen, Cain)

Verb

קײַען • (kayen) (past participle געקײַט (gekayt))

  1. (imperfective) to chew
  2. to masticate
  3. to munch
    Synonym: קנאַקן (knakn)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • איבערקײַען (iberkayen)
  • אָפּקײַען (opkayen)
  • קײַעכץ (kayekhts)
  • קײַען זיך די נעגל (kayen zikh di negl, to chew on one's nails)
  • קײַער (kayer)
  • קײַגומע (kaygume), קײַגומי (kaygumi)
  • צעקײַען (tsekayen)

Noun

קײַען • (kayen) n

  1. mastication

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “chew”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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