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See also: Kera, kerä, KERA, and ķēra

Basque

Noun

kera

  1. allative singular of ke

Borôro

Pronunciation

Noun

kera

  1. hand

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ra

Adjective

kera (accusative singular keran, plural keraj, accusative plural kerajn)

  1. (card games) of the suit of hearts ().

Related terms

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.

Noun

kera (genitive kera, partitive kera)

  1. ball, sphere

Declension

Declension of kera (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
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

Etymology

Shortening of keralla. Cognate with Ingrian kera, Karelian kera and Votic kera.

Pronunciation

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

  1. with (in addition to; as an accessory to)
    Synonym: kanssa
    Antonym: ilman
    kahvia maidon keracoffee with milk
  2. Synonym of kanssa (with) (in the company of, including)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

kera

  1. basket

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kera, from Classical Malay کرا (kĕra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈra/,
  • Hyphenation: kê‧ra
  • (file)

Noun

kêra (plural kera-kera, first-person possessive keraku, second-person possessive keramu, third-person possessive keranya)

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. crab-eating macaque

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Shortening of kerraal. Akin to Finnish kera and Karelian kera.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kera

  1. 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, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Heil kera ono oma dialekta, mut senen dialektan materialat kera tähä kirjaa evät joutuneet.
      They, too, have own dialect, but the materials of this dialect were also not included in this book.

Synonyms

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

  1. 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

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, 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, →ISBN, page 71

Japanese

Romanization

kera

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けら
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケラ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Adjective

kera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)

  1. (polite) skinny

Kapampangan

Noun

kerə

  1. lying down,
  2. time of going to bed

Verb

kerə

  1. to lie down

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Urak Lawoi' กรา (kra, monkey), Old Javanese kĕra (monkey).

Pronunciation

Noun

kera (Jawi spelling کرا, plural kera-kera, informal 1st possessive keraku, 2nd possessive keramu, 3rd possessive keranya)

  1. monkey, especially the macaque
    Hypernym: monyet

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kera

Further reading

Maltese

Root
k-r-j
2 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكْرَى (ʔakrā).

Verb

kera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri, verbal noun kiri)

  1. to rent
Conjugation
    Conjugation of kera
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
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

From Arabic كِراء (kirāʔ), feminised because of the final -a. Doublet of kiri.

Noun

kera f

  1. rent

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kera (infinitive kukera)

  1. to annoy, irritate, aggravate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kera
Positive present -nakera
Subjunctive -kere
Negative -keri
Imperative singular kera
Infinitives
Positive kukera
Negative kutokera
Imperatives
Singular kera
Plural kereni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukera
Positive past positive subject concord + -likera
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukera
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakera)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakera/nakera tunakera
2nd person unakera mnakera
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakera wanakera
other classes positive subject concord + -nakera
Negative present (negative subject concord + -keri)
Singular Plural
1st person sikeri hatukeri
2nd person hukeri hamkeri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakeri hawakeri
other classes negative subject concord + -keri
Positive future positive subject concord + -takera
Negative future negative subject concord + -takera
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kere)
Singular Plural
1st person nikere tukere
2nd person ukere mkere
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akere wakere
other classes positive subject concord + -kere
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikere
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekera
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekera
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikera
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikera
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akera)
Singular Plural
1st person nakera twakera
2nd person wakera mwakera
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akera wakera
m-mi(III/IV) wakera yakera
ji-ma(V/VI) lakera yakera
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakera vyakera
n(IX/X) yakera zakera
u(XI) wakera see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakera
pa(XVI) pakera
mu(XVIII) mwakera
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekera
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakera
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakera
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikera
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokera
Consecutive kakera / positive subject concord + -kakera
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakere
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikera -tukera
2nd person -kukera -wakera/-kukereni/-wakereni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkera -wakera
m-mi(III/IV) -ukera -ikera
ji-ma(V/VI) -likera -yakera
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikera -vikera
n(IX/X) -ikera -zikera
u(XI) -ukera see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukera
pa(XVI) -pakera
mu(XVIII) -mukera
Reflexive -jikera
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kera- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -keraye -kerao
m-mi(III/IV) -kerao -kerayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -keralo -kerayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -keracho -keravyo
n(IX/X) -kerayo -kerazo
u(XI) -kerao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kerako
pa(XVI) -kerapo
mu(XVIII) -keramo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kera)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekera -okera
m-mi(III/IV) -okera -yokera
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokera -yokera
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokera -vyokera
n(IX/X) -yokera -zokera
u(XI) -okera see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokera
pa(XVI) -pokera
mu(XVIII) -mokera
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tocharian B

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

kera ?

  1. a type of musical instrument

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kerä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä.

Noun

kera

  1. ball, clew (of yarn)
  2. cabbage

Inflection

Inflection of kera (inflection type 5/sana)
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

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “клубок, кочан”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika