"ky" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with West Frisian kij (“cows”), Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ky}} Middle English ky, {{inh|en|ang|cȳ||cows}} Old English cȳ (“cows”), {{m|ang|cū||cow}} cū (“cow”), {{cog|fy|kij||cows}} West Frisian kij (“cows”), {{cog|nl|koeien||cows}} Dutch koeien (“cows”), {{cog|de|Kühe||cows}} German Kühe (“cows”), {{cog|da|køer||cows}} Danish køer (“cows”), {{cog|is|kýr||cows}} Icelandic kýr (“cows”), {{l|en|cow}} cow Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} ky
  1. (dialectal and Scotland) plural of cow Tags: Scotland, dialectal, form-of, plural Form of: cow Synonyms: kye Derived forms: kine
    Sense id: en-ky-en-noun-C4X8J8OU Categories (other): English plurals with umlaut, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ky (uncountable)
  1. (UK, naval slang) Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”) Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: kye (extra: cocoa)
    Sense id: en-ky-en-noun-dHpLlNoQ Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} ky, {{en-symbol}} ky
  1. (metrology) Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years. Tags: alt-of, symbol Alternative form of: kiloyear (extra: an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years) Categories (topical): Symbols for SI units, Metrology Related terms: kyr
    Sense id: en-ky-en-symbol-vdMIIqxF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English symbols Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 13 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 14 60 Disambiguation of English symbols: 19 33 48 Topics: metrology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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