kes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kes"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kes (uncountable)

1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

kes

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

Anagrams

• Esk, Sek

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

Pronoun

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Declension of kes (type irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	kes	kes
genitive	kelle	kellede
partitive	keda	keda
illative	kellesse	kelledesse
inessive	kelles	kelledes
elative	kellest	kelledest
allative	kellele	kelledele
adessive	kellel	kelledel
ablative	kellelt	kelledelt
translative	kelleks	kelledeks
terminative	kelleni	kelledeni
essive	kellena	kelledena
abessive	kelleta	kelledeta
comitative	kellega	kelledega

Declension of kes (type irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	kes	kes
genitive	kelle	kelle
partitive	keda	keda
illative	kellesse	kellesse
inessive	kelles	kelles
elative	kellest	kellest
allative	kellele	kellele
adessive	kellel	kellel
ablative	kellelt	kellelt
translative	kelleks	kelleks
terminative	kelleni	kelleni
essive	kellena	kellena
abessive	kelleta	kelleta
comitative	kellega	kellega

Derived terms

• keegi

Indonesian

Etymology

From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kès

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

   Synonyms: kontan, tunai

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• kas
• kasa

 

Further reading

• “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.

Malay

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• kasus (Indonesia)

Further reading

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English case.

Noun

kes

1. case; box; carton

Turkish

Verb

kes

1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

Interjection

kes!

1. shut up!