kipe

250 pxA salmon with the beginnings of a kipe as it enters fresh water.

Meanings

Noun

  • An osier basket used for catching fish.
  • Upturned lower jaw of a male salmon at the end of its life as it returns to fresh water to spawn.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa, from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey-.
  • , Norwegian kaup ("wooden box; crate").

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