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語源

From 古期英語 cnīf, from Old Norse knífr or Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz.

発音

• IPA: /kniːf/

名詞

knyf (plural knyves or knyfes)

1. A knife as a tool or instrument; the following special senses exist:
   1. A knife used in surgery.
   2. A kitchen knife.
2. A knife or dagger (weapon)

使用する際の注意点

In Middle English, if a vowel, especially i or y, was followed by a consonant, the consonant being itself followed by a silent e, the vowel would still be long if the e was omitted, so it was sometimes omitted.

関連する語

• penne knyfe

派生した語

• English: knife
  • Sranan Tongo: nefi
  • → Japanese: ナイフ
  • → Korean: 나이프 (naipeu)
  • → Portuguese: naifa
  • → Samoan: naifi
• Middle Scots: knyf, knyfe
  • Scots: knife
• Yola: kunnife
• → Middle French: quenif
  • French: canif

参照

• “knīf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.
• Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “knyf n. BB2a”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎, University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield.