klei

From Dutch klei, from Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”).

• IPA^(key): /kləi̯/

klei (uncountable)

1. clay

• kleilat

From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay.

• IPA^(key): /klɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: klei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: Klei

klei f (uncountable)

1. clay

• boetseerklei
• kleien
• kleileem
• kleitablet
• pijpklei
• rivierklei
• veenklei
• zeeklei

• Afrikaans: klei
• Berbice Creole Dutch: klei
• → Caribbean Javanese: klèi
• → Papiamentu: klei

• boetseren

• kiel

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi
• Syllabification: kle‧i

klei

1. third-person singular present of kleić

From Proto-Chamic *talɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

klei (classifier aruăt)

1. string; rope; wire

   Amĭ blei klei pui.

   Mom buys electrical wires.

From Proto-Chamic *kalɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

klei

1. (transitive) to dig

klei

1. human sound
2. language

   klei Êđê

   Rade

   klei Yuăn

   Vietnamese

   klei Prăng

   French

klei

1. incident; occurrence

   klei bruă anei

   this incident

• James A. Tharp; Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2021-11-01, retrieved 22 December 2021, page 64