Kaïnt

Limburgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kai̯nt/
Homophone: kaïnt
Hyphenation: Kaïnt
Rhymes: -ai̯nt

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþą.

Alternative forms

kink, Kenk (Southeast Limburgish)
kindj (widespread variant)
- kiendj (Roermond)
- Kenj (Selfkant)
- kèndj (Sittard)
kind (widespread variant)
- keend (Maastrichtian)

Noun

Kaïnt n (plural Kaïnder, diminutive Kénntje or Kineke)

(Eupen) kid; child (young person)
(Eupen) child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal)

Etymology 2

From earlier Limburgish kant, from Old Northern French cant, from Medieval Latin canthus. Ultimately of Gaulish origin.

Noun

Kaïnt f (plural Kaïnte, diminutive Kénntje)

side, face (of an object)
side (as opposed to top or bottom)
way, direction

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