kite

Etymology 1
The noun is from, , , from , from , of , from. The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, (modern 🇨🇬). Possibly a.

Sense 3 (“lightweight toy”) is from the fact that it hovers in the air like the bird.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) A bird of prey of the family.
 * 2) Any bird of the subfamily, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite  and the black kite.
 * 3) A bird of the genus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily.
 * 4) Some species in the subfamily.
 * 5)  A rapacious person.
 * 6) A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
 * 7) A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
 * 8)  A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
 * 9)  A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
 * 10)  An.
 * 11)  A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
 * 12)  A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
 * 13)  An aeroplane or aircraft.
 * 14)  In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
 * 15)  A.
 * 16)  The brill, a type of flatfish.
 * 17)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1) A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
 * 2)  A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
 * 3)  A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
 * 4)  An.
 * 5)  A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
 * 6)  A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
 * 7)  An aeroplane or aircraft.
 * 8)  In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
 * 9)  A.
 * 10)  The brill, a type of flatfish.
 * 11)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
 * 2)  An aeroplane or aircraft.
 * 3)  In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
 * 4)  A.
 * 5)  The brill, a type of flatfish.
 * 6)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
 * 2)  A.
 * 3)  The brill, a type of flatfish.
 * 4)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  The brill, a type of flatfish.
 * 2)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

Derived terms

 * Species of birds


 * Other terms

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also  to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
 * 2)  To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
 * 3)  To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
 * 4)  To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
 * 5)  To (cause to) glide in the manner of a.
 * 6)  To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an  of : to fly a toy kite.
 * 7)  To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
 * 8)  To steal.
 * 9)  To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
 * 10)  To move rapidly; to rush.
 * 11)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 12)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
 * 2)  To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
 * 3)  To (cause to) glide in the manner of a.
 * 4)  To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an  of : to fly a toy kite.
 * 5)  To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
 * 6)  To steal.
 * 7)  To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
 * 8)  To move rapidly; to rush.
 * 9)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 10)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
 * 2)  To steal.
 * 3)  To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
 * 4)  To move rapidly; to rush.
 * 5)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 6)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To steal.
 * 2)  To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
 * 3)  To move rapidly; to rush.
 * 4)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 5)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To move rapidly; to rush.
 * 2)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 3)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 2)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To deflect sideways in the water.
 * 2)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
 * 1)  To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.

Etymology 2

 * possibly:
 * from, , possibly from (modern 🇨🇬), further etymology unknown; or
 * from (attested only in compounds such as ), possibly from, , , from , from , , from , . The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, , , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1)  The stomach; the belly.

Etymology 3
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A measure of weight equivalent to $1$ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) leave
 * 2) let
 * 3) * Haitian Creole Bible, Jòb 10.18:
 * Bondye, poukisa ou te kite m' soti nan vant manman m'? Mwen ta mouri anvan pesonn ta wè m'.
 * God, why did you let me leave my mother's belly? I would have died before anyone would have seen me.

Etymology
From.

Verb
(used in the form kite-a)


 * 1) to see

Pronoun

 * 1) we, us

Pronoun

 * 1) one