kér

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Breton

Etymology

See the verb karout

Adjective

kér

  1. dear

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä- (to request). Cognates include Finnish kerjätä (to beg), Komi-Permyak корны (korny, to beg), Udmurt курыны (kuryny) and Northern Sami gearjidit (to beg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Verb

kér

  1. (transitive) to ask (for), to make a request (the person having -tól/-től and the favor, -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt, or the person having -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt and the favor, -ra/-re)
    Egy pohár vizet kértem.I asked for a glass of water.
    Azt kértem Jánostól, (hogy) menjen bevásárolni (or Arra kértem Jánost, (hogy) menjen bevásárolni).I asked John to do the shopping.
  2. would like to have (some)
    Kérsz még? — Igen, kérek. / Köszönöm, nem kérek többet.
    Would you like to have some more? — Yes, please. / No, thank you.
    (literally, “Are you still asking? — Yes, I'm asking. / Thank you, I'm not asking for more.”)

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References

  1. ^ Entry #287 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ kér in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • kér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN