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語源

Borrowed from Old Norse kvíga, from Proto-Germanic *kūīgǭ (“cow”).

発音

• IPA: /kwiː/ (from Old Norse kvíga)
• IPA: (earlier) /kwei̯/, (later) /kweː/ (from Old Norse *kviga?)

名詞

quye (plural quyes)

1. (Northern, Lincolnshire) A heifer (young female cow).

   Synonym: heyfre (non-Northern)

派生した語

• English: quey, why
• Middle Scots: quy, quey, quoy
  • Scots: quey, quoy, quy

参照

• “quīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “quey, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.