Shetland Words:K
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- kale = (n) cabbage
- ked = (n) sheep louse
- keek = (v) kick
- ken = know, (I ken dee.)
- kirn = (v) churn
- kirn milk = (n) a soft cheese produced in the churn after the removal of the butter
- kirsen = decent
- kirk = (n) church
- kishie = (n) basket made of straw and carried on back
- kittle = (v) tickle
- knackers = testes
- knap = (v) a Shetlander's attempt to speak English
- knowe = (n) mound, hillock
- krang = (n) carcase of an animal
- krapen/krappin = (n) fish livers and oatmeal
- kye = (n) cattle
- kyunnin = (n) rabbit
