kyl

kyl

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kalapuya.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kalapuya terms

• IPA^(key): /kyːl/, [kʰyːˀl]

kyl

1. imperative of kyle

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyl/, [ˈk̟yl]
• Rhymes: -yl
• Syllabification^(key): kyl
• Hyphenation^(key): kyl

kyl (colloquial or dialectal)

1. alternative form of kyllä

kyl (colloquial or dialectal)

1. alternative form of kyllä

From Proto-Finnic *küllä. Cognates include Finnish kyllä and Estonian küll.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkyl/, [ˈkylʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkyl/, [ˈkyl]
• Rhymes: -yl
• Hyphenation: kyl

kyl

1. Used to intensify a statement: sure, of course

   Kyl heil on talo! ― Of course they have a house!

   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 129:

     steepist ajettii hänt pois:
     — Kyl siä hoomeen tulla voit,

     It was driven away from the steppe:
     — Of course you could come tomorrow,

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 228

• IPA^(key): /ɕyːl/, (Finland Swedish) /tɕyːl/
• Rhymes: -yːl

kyl c

1. short for kylskåp or kylbox: refrigerator
2. thigh of cattle of sheep

kyl

1. imperative of kyla