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kype en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

Meanings

1. The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

Forms

Translations (4)

fi leuan koukku (hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid) · ru крюк (hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid) · sv hakelax (hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid) · de Laichhaken (hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid)

kype en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”).
   alt of kipe

Forms

kype en · VERB · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”).
   alt of kipe

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