ker

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Translingual

Symbol

ker

  1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

Abinomn

Noun

ker

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Cornish

Noun

ker

  1. Hard mutation of ger.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

ker

  1. genitive plural of kra

German

Etymology

From Kerl (“bloke, guy, man”).

Pronunciation

Interjection

ker

  1. (colloquial, regional, Ruhrgebiet, Münsterland) man!, Jesus! (general-purpose intensifier, especially expresses frustration)
    Ker, ich raste bald aus!
    Man, I’m really losing it now!

Hittite

Romanization

ker

  1. Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kar, which was borrowed from Danish.

Pronunciation

Noun

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

  1. tub, vat
  2. vessel, container

Declension

declension of ker
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ker kerið ker kerin
accusative ker kerið ker kerin
dative keri kerinu kerjum kerjunum
genitive kers kersins kerja kerjanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), Burmese ခိုး (hkui:), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Chinese 寇 (OC *ʰˤ(r)o-s) (B-S), Tibetan རྐུ (rku), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Cholim Tangsa guh (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ker 

  1. (Yao'an) to steal

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

ker m

  1. donkey

Old French

Noun

ker oblique singular, m (oblique plural kers, nominative singular kers, nominative plural ker)

  1. (Old Northern French) chier

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

ker n

  1. tub, vessel, goblet

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ker
  • Faroese: ker
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjer
  • Old Swedish: kar
  • Old Danish: kar
    • Danish: kar
      • → Icelandic: kar
      • → Faroese: kar
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kar

References

  • “ker”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "ker" on page 239 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

Pronunciation

Verb

ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative nakeri, noun kera) (intransitive)

  1. to sleep

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409

Further reading

  • NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
  • NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos". São Paulo. Global. 2005.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kêːr/
  • Hyphenation: ker

Noun

kȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)

  1. (slang, Bosnia, Serbia) dog
    Synonyms: pȁs; kúčak, kucko, (Montenegro) bidzin / bizin

Declension

Declension of ker
singular plural
nominative kȇr kȅrovi
genitive kera kerova
dative keru kerovima
accusative kera kerove
vocative keru kerovi
locative keru kerovima
instrumental kerom kerovima

Further reading

  • “ker” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъřь (“shrub, bush”). Compare Polish kierz, Lower Sorbian keŕ, Czech keř.

Pronunciation

Noun

ker m inan (genitive singular kra, nominative plural kry, genitive plural krov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bush, shrub

Declension

Declension of ker
singular plural
nominative ker kry
genitive kra krov
dative kru krom
accusative ker kry
locative kre kroch
instrumental krom krami

Related terms

Further reading

  • “ker”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. The initial j- in relative pronouns and conjunctions changed to k- through analogy to interrogative pronouns. Compare Serbo-Croatian jer.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ker

  1. because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

References

  • “ker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tatar

Noun

ker

  1. dirt

Zazaki

Noun

ker

  1. deaf
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