quoy
/kwʌɪ/Scottish (Orkney and Shetland )
noun
An area of former wasteland or common pasture enclosed for cultivation or raising livestock. (Frequently in place names.).
Origin
Late 15th century. From the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic kví pen, enclosure, Faroese kvíggj, Norwegian kve, Swedish regional kvi, kvia, further etymology uncertain; perhaps from the same Indo-European base as Umbrian bio enclosure.
- nativeness
- native orange
- native oven
- native peach
- native pomegranate
- native poplar
- native potato
- native problem
- native question
- native quince
- native reserve
- native rock
- native son
- native speaker
- native state
- native tamarind
- native thrush
- native title
- native trade
- native trout
- native willow
- native wit
- nativisation
- nativise
- nativised