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English
Noun
keri (plural keris)
- (Judaism) Alternative form of kere
Anagrams
Fijian
Etymology
From keli, from Proto-Central-Pacific *keli, from Proto-Oceanic *kali, *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb
keri
- to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *keri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere.
Pronunciation
Noun
keri
- (archaic, dialectal) A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring.
- A rim of a casket, chest, sieve etc. that is made of thin, bent wood or birchbark.
- A rim around millstones.
- The side panel of the body of a fiddle.
- The wheel of a spinning wheel.
- Synonym of kärrynpyörä (wheel of a cart).
- A bicycle wheel.
- Synonym of sompa.
- Synonym of lieri.
- The disk at the lower end of the plunger in a butter churn.
- birchbark ring
- (archaic) Synonym of vakka (wooden container made of bent board)
- (archaic) thickness of a cylindrical object, such as the trunk of a tree
- (dialectal) Synonym of kääkkä (old, wrinkled and thin man)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeri/, (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈkeriˣ/, (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -eri
- Hyphenation(key): ke‧ri
Verb
keri
- inflection of keriä:
- third-person singular past indicative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
References
- “keri”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Noun
keri
- indefinite dative singular of ker
Japanese
Romanization
keri
- Rōmaji transcription of けり
- Rōmaji transcription of ケリ
Kamba
Numeral
keri
- two
Kamba Number Inflections
Noun Class |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9
|
singular |
Mundu |
Muti |
Numba |
Kimanda |
Itumbi |
Uwathi |
Kaindo |
Wandu |
Kuthaima
|
One - mondi |
mondi |
mmondi |
mondi |
kimondi |
imondi |
mondi |
kamondi |
wamondi |
kumondi
|
plural |
Andu |
Miti |
Numba |
Imanda |
Matumbi |
Mbathi |
Tuindo |
Wandu |
Kuthaima
|
Two - keri |
aeri |
yeri |
yiri |
iyiri |
mairi |
yiri |
twiri |
wairi |
kwiri
|
Three - kadatu |
adatu |
midatu |
datu |
idatu |
madatu |
datu |
tudatu |
wadetu |
kudatu
|
Four - kana |
akana |
mina |
kana |
ina |
mana |
kana |
twana |
wana |
kwana
|
Five - kathano |
athano |
mithano |
thano |
ithano |
mathano |
thano |
tuthano |
wathano |
kuthano
|
Six - thandatu |
thandatu |
thandato |
thandatu |
thandatu |
thandatu |
thandatu |
thandatu |
thandatu |
thandatu
|
Seven - monza |
monza |
mimonza |
monza |
imonza |
mamonza |
monza |
tumonza |
wamonza |
kumonza
|
Eight - nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya |
nyanya
|
Nine - kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda |
kenda
|
Ten - ikumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi |
kumi
|
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli)[1] ~ *kali (compare with Hawaiian ʻali) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali (compare with Malay gali).[2][3] Doublet of kari.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ke.ri/,
Verb
keri (passive keria)
- to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 144
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kali.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 123-4
Further reading
- “keri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English carry.
Pronunciation
Adjective
keri (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)
- able; capable
- Synonym: kaya
Keri ko 'to.- I can do this. / I'm capable of this.
- (literally, “This is my carry/I can carry this.”)
Keri mo 'yan!- You can do it!
Keri mo bang sabihin sa kanya?- Are you able to say it to him/her?
Hindi ko keri ang amoy ng hininga niya!- I can't stand the smell of his breath!
Usage notes
Derived terms
Further reading