kes

kes (uncountable)

1. (Sikhism) Alternative form of kesh

Shortening.

kes

1. (UK, slang, birdwatching) The kestrel.

• Esk, Sek

From Proto-Finnic *ken + the pronoun see.

kes (genitive kelle, partitive keda)

1. (interrogative) who

• keegi

From English cash. Doublet of kas and kasa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛs]
• Hyphenation: kes

kès

1. (colloquial) cash, money in the form of notes/bills and coins.

   Synonyms: kontan, tunai

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kes.

• “kes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From English case, from Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”).

kés (Jawi spelling کيس, plural kes-kes, informal 1st possessive kesku, 2nd possessive kesmu, 3rd possessive kesnya)

1. case:
   1. (law) lawsuit, legal proceeding.
   2. (medicine) an instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kes.

• kasus (Indonesia)

• “kes” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From English case.

kes

1. case; box; carton

kes

1. second-person singular imperative of kesmek

kes!

1. shut up!