kera
Basque
editNoun
editkera
Borôro
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkera
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editkera (accusative singular keran, plural keraj, accusative plural kerajn)
- (card games) of the suit of hearts (♥).
- 1910, E. L. Kearney, transl., La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:
- La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!
- The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.
Related terms
editEstonian
editEtymology
editOf Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.
Noun
editkera (genitive kera, partitive kera)
Declension
editDeclension of kera (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kera | kerad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kera | ||
genitive | kerade | ||
partitive | kera | kerasid | |
illative | kerra kerasse |
keradesse | |
inessive | keras | kerades | |
elative | kerast | keradest | |
allative | kerale | keradele | |
adessive | keral | keradel | |
ablative | keralt | keradelt | |
translative | keraks | keradeks | |
terminative | kerani | keradeni | |
essive | kerana | keradena | |
abessive | kerata | keradeta | |
comitative | keraga | keradega |
Finnish
editEtymology
editShortening of keralla. Cognate with Ingrian kera, Karelian kera and Votic kera.
Pronunciation
editPostposition
editkera (+ genitive)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editGaro
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
editkera
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay kera, from Classical Malay کرا (kĕra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkêra (plural kera-kera, first-person possessive keraku, second-person possessive keramu, third-person possessive keranya)
- A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail; ape.
- 1922, Mengelilingi Doenia Dalam 80 Hari:
- Maka héwan hoetanpoen djarang meréka berdjoempa dalam perdjalanannja, hanjalah matjam-matjam kera jang banjak dilihatnja berlontjat-lontjatan didahan kajoe dan memboeat roepa-roepa tingkah lakoe jang amat mentertawakan Passepartout.
- So they rarely met forest animals on they journey, only a variety of monkeys that they saw jumping on the branches of trees and making various kinds of behavior that made Passepartout laugh.
- crab-eating macaque
Further reading
edit- “kera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian
editEtymology
editShortening of kerraal. Akin to Finnish kera and Karelian kera.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
- Rhymes: -erɑ
- Hyphenation: ke‧ra
Adverb
editkera
- also, too, as well
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:
- Mama kera mäni tööhö.
- Mama goes to work as well.
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Heil kera ono oma dialekta, mut senen dialektan materialat kera tähä kirjaa evät joutuneet.
- They, too, have [their] own dialect, but the materials of this dialect were also not included in this book.
Synonyms
editPostposition
editkera (+ genitive)
- with
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:
- Lapset suuren möryn kera lumimäes tiukkaa.
- The children play on the sledging hill with a loud shout.
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- Mitä tapahtui pintamaan kera?
- What happened with the topsoil?
References
edit- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 155
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[4], →ISBN, page 71
Japanese
editRomanization
editkera
Javanese
editAlternative forms
edit- Carakan: ꦏꦼꦫ
- Roman: kêra
Adjective
editkera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)
- (polite) skinny
Kapampangan
editNoun
editkerə
- lying down,
- time of going to bed
Verb
editkerə
- to lie down
Malay
editAlternative forms
edit- kĕra (dated, pre-1972)
Etymology
editCompare Urak Lawoi' กรา (kra, “monkey”), Old Javanese kĕra (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkera (Jawi spelling کرا, plural kera-kera, informal 1st possessive keraku, 2nd possessive keramu, 3rd possessive keranya)
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: kera
Further reading
edit- “kera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese
editRoot |
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k-r-j |
2 terms |
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editkera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri, verbal noun kiri)
- to rent
Conjugation
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perfect | m | krejt | krejt | kera | krejna | krejtu | krew | |
f | kriet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nikri | tikri | jikri | nikru | tikru | jikru | |
f | tikri | |||||||
imperative | ikri | ikru |
Etymology 2
editFrom Arabic كِراء (kirāʔ), feminised because of the final -a. Doublet of kiri.
Noun
editkera f
Swahili
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit-kera (infinitive kukera)
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Derived terms
edit- Nominal derivations:
- kero (“annoyance, nuisance”)
Tocharian B
editEtymology
editUnknown.
Noun
editkera ?
- a type of musical instrument
Further reading
edit- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kera”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 209
Veps
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kerä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä.
Noun
editkera
Inflection
editInflection of kera (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | kera | ||
genitive sing. | keran | ||
partitive sing. | kerad | ||
partitive plur. | keroid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kera | kerad | |
accusative | keran | kerad | |
genitive | keran | keroiden | |
partitive | kerad | keroid | |
essive-instructive | keran | keroin | |
translative | keraks | keroikš | |
inessive | keras | keroiš | |
elative | keraspäi | keroišpäi | |
illative | keraha | keroihe | |
adessive | keral | keroil | |
ablative | keralpäi | keroilpäi | |
allative | kerale | keroile | |
abessive | kerata | keroita | |
comitative | keranke | keroidenke | |
prolative | keradme | keroidme | |
approximative I | keranno | keroidenno | |
approximative II | kerannoks | keroidennoks | |
egressive | kerannopäi | keroidennopäi | |
terminative I | kerahasai | keroihesai | |
terminative II | keralesai | keroilesai | |
terminative III | kerassai | — | |
additive I | kerahapäi | keroihepäi | |
additive II | keralepäi | keroilepäi |
References
edit- Basque non-lemma forms
- Basque noun forms
- Borôro terms with IPA pronunciation
- Borôro lemmas
- Borôro nouns
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/era
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- eo:Card games
- Esperanto terms with quotations
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian elu-type nominals
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/erɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/erɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish postpositions
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Garo lemmas
- Garo nouns
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms with audio links
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian terms with quotations
- id:Primates
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/erɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/erɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adverbs
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Ingrian postpositions
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese adjectives
- Javanese polite terms
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan nouns
- Kapampangan verbs
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Primates
- Maltese terms belonging to the root k-r-j
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with homophones
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs
- Tocharian B terms with unknown etymologies
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B nouns
- txb:Music
- txb:Tools
- Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Veps terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Veps sana-type nominals