kaie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German cauwe, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Germanic *kawō (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-. Compare Swedish kaja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²kɑɪə/

Noun

kaie f (definite singular kaia, indefinite plural kaier, definite plural kaiene)

jackdaw, particularly western jackdaw Corvus monedula

References

“kaie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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