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ker

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ker"

Translingual

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Symbol

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ker

  1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

Abinomn

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Noun

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ker

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Cornish

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Noun

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ker

  1. Hard mutation of ger.

Czech

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Noun

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ker

  1. genitive plural of kra

German

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Etymology

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From Kerl (“bloke, guy, man”).

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Interjection

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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

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Romanization

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ker

  1. Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

  1. tub, vat
  2. vessel, container

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

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Lolopo

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Etymology

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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 *[k]ʰˤ(r)o-s) (B-S), Tibetan རྐུ (rku), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Cholim Tangsa guh (“to steal”).

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Verb

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ker 

  1. (Yao'an) to steal

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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ker m

  1. donkey

Old French

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Noun

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

  1. (Old Northern French) chier

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

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ker n

  1. tub, vessel, goblet

Descendants

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

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

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Verb

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ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akeri, noun kera) (intransitive)

  1. to sleep

References

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)

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

Declension

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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

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  • “ker” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. bush, shrub

Declension

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

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  • “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

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Etymology

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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.

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Conjunction

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ker

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

References

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

Tatar

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Noun

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ker

  1. dirt

Zazaki

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Noun

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ker

  1. deaf
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