Kye vs Aye - What's the difference?
kye | aye |
(cow)
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 23:
*:devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.
(archaic) ever, always
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
As nouns the difference between kye and aye
is that kye is irregular plural of cow while aye is an affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.As an adverb aye is
ever, always.As an interjection aye is
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.kye
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ky, kye, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl).Anagrams
* ----aye
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) aye, ai, agg, from (etyl) ei, ey, from (etyl) ).Adverb
(-)Quotations
* (English Citations of "aye")References
Etymology 2
Probably from use of aye as expression of agreement, or from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* ayInterjection
(en interjection)Usage notes
It is much used in , North Wales, (viva voce) voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.Synonyms
* yes * yeaAntonyms
* nay * noReferences
* * *Noun
(en noun)- "To call for the ayes''' and nays;" "The '''ayes have it."