ķerra

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See also: kerra and ķerrā

Latvian

Ķerra (1)
Ķerra (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch kerre (cart, wheelbarrow), or from Swedish kärra (cart, wheelbarrow), both of which are also borrowings from Latin carrus (waggon). The word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries as kerre; the form ķerra appears in the 19th century, probably in dialects that took the Swedish form (ending in a).[1]

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Noun

ķerra f (4th declension)

  1. wheelbarrow (small, one-wheeled cart with handles)
    pievest dārzeņus ar ķerruto transport vegetables with a wheelbarrow
  2. greater scaup (diving duck, especially Aythya marila)
    novembra sākumā ķerras no mūsu ūdeņiem nozūdin the beginning of November the greater scaups disappear from our waters

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.