kain

From Irish cáin.

• IPA^(key): /keɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: Cain, cane, Kaine, Kane

kain (countable and uncountable, plural kains)

1. (Scotland, law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
   • 1798, Robert Douglas, General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk:

     hens […] in most leases make a part of the rent, under the name of kain, and are generally kept for conveniency or profit.

• kain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• Akin, Inka, Kian, Naik, akin, kina, naik

From Javanese ꦏꦲꦶꦤ꧀ (kain, “cloth”), from Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧in

kain

1. cloth
2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

Borrowed from Tagalog kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

• Hyphenation: ka‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/

kain

1. (Daet) to eat; to dine
2. (Daet) to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
3. (Daet) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

• kakan
• kaon

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/

káin

1. long skirt

   Synonym: pandiling

From Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين‎, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɪn]
• Hyphenation: kain

kain (first-person possessive kainku, second-person possessive kainmu, third-person possessive kainnya)

1. cloth
2. textile

• “kain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

kain

1. Rōmaji transcription of かいん

From Old Javanese kain (“cloth, garment”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːiːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧in

kain

1. cloth
2. woven goods (usually for clothes and others)

• “[ kain]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
• “kain” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

kain

1. skirt

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).

• Rhymes: -in

kain (Jawi spelling کاءين‎, plural kain-kain, informal 1st possessive kainku, 2nd possessive kainmu, 3rd possessive kainnya)

1. cloth
2. textile

• Indonesian: kain

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔin/, [ˈka.ʔɪn]
• Hyphenation: ka‧in

káin (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔)

1. act or manner of eating or consuming food
2. mealtime
3. amount of food eaten at a time
4. action of a machine (such as a saw, plow, or knife) on a surface

   Synonyms: kagat, talab

• lamon

English kind

kain

1. kind; type

• kain kain
• narakain
• olkain