kelen

Bambara

Numeral

kelen

  1. (cardinal) one.

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeː.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kelen. Equivalent to keel +‎ -en.

Verb

kelen

  1. (transitive) to cut the throat of

Inflection
Inflection of kelen (weak)
infinitive kelen
past singular keelde
past participle gekeeld
infinitive kelen
gerund kelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular keelkeelde
2nd person sing. (jij) keeltkeelde
2nd person sing. (u) keeltkeelde
2nd person sing. (gij) keeltkeelde
3rd person singular keeltkeelde
plural kelenkeelden
subjunctive sing.1 kelekeelde
subjunctive plur.1 kelenkeelden
imperative sing. keel
imperative plur.1 keelt
participles kelendgekeeld
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kelen

  1. Plural form of keel

Novial

Pronoun

kelen

  1. (relative) whose
    li farmere, kelen filia me ama, es oldi viro.
    the farmer, whose daughter I love, is an old man.
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