kys

See also: KYS, kyš, kys', and kys.

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Baram Kayan with s as a placeholder.

Symbol

kys

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Baram Kayan terms

English

Phrase

kys

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, offensive) Initialism of kill yourself.

   Alternative forms: KYS, keys

   Person 1: apple juice is gross
   Person 2: apple juice is so good kys hater

Translations

text messaging slang

• Spanish: mátate

Anagrams

• -sky, Sky, YKS, YSK, Yks., sky

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz (“a kiss”). Probably an onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køs/, [kʰøs]

Noun

kys n (singular definite kysset, plural indefinite kys)

1. kiss (a touch with the lips)

   Synonyms: møs, møsser

Inflection

Declension of kys

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kys	kysset	kys	kyssene
genitive	kys'	kyssets	kys'	kyssenes

Derived terms

• afskedskys
• dødskys
• farvelkys
• fingerkys
• Fransk kys
• godnatkys
• håndkys
• judaskys
• kindkys
• kyskage
• negerkys
• smækkys
• sommerfuglekys
• sukkerkys
• tantekys
• tungekys

Related terms

• kysse (“kiss”, verb)

See also

• kys on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See kysse (“to kiss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køs/, [kʰøs]

Verb

kys

1. imperative of kysse

Etymology 3

See kyse (“to scare, shoo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyːs/, [kʰyːˀs]

Verb

kys

1. imperative of kyse

Manx

Alternative forms

• kyns (Phillips)
• crys (rare, 18th century)
• kanys, kynys (Late Manx)

Etymology

Earlier kyns, from Old Irish cindas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲis/

Adverb

kys

1. how

   Kys t'ou? ― How are you?

   Kys haink eh lhiat? ― How did you get on?

   Cha vel toiggal ayd kys ta ny craueyn goll er kiaddey. ― You do not understand how the bones are formed.

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *kesulder.

Old High German kisilder.

Middle High German kis

German Kiesbor.

Slovincian kys

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Syllabification: kys

Noun

kys m inan

1. gravel

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ḱḯs”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 531