The word "kimes" is an uncommon term that is not easily recognizable to most speakers of English. In IPA phonetic transcription, "kimes" could be spelled as /kaɪmz/. This means that the word should be pronounced with two syllables, with the first syllable sounding like "kye" and the second syllable sounding like "ms". It is unclear what the meaning of the word "kimes" is, as it is not commonly used in everyday speech or writing.