ker

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ker"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English kernel.

Symbol

ker

1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Kera.

Symbol

ker

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kera.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kera terms

English

Noun

ker (plural kers)

1. A chief of the Luo people.

Abinomn

Noun

ker

1. (anatomy) thigh

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛːr/

Etymology 1

From Old French chier from Latin cārus. Compare French cher.

Adjective

ker (comparative kerra, superlative an kerra)

1. dear, cherished
2. costly, expensive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort, fortified town”). Cognate with Welsh caer and Breton kêr (“town, city”).

Noun

ker f (plural keryow)

1. fort, hill-fort, fortress, city

Derived terms

• Kar- (“city, fort”)

Mutation

Mutation of ker

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
ker	ger	her	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ker

1. hard mutation of ger

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

ker

1. genitive plural of kra

Gagauz

Etymology

Cognate to Turkish gerçek.

Adverb

ker

1. really
2. if

References

• Baskakov, N. A. (1991), İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 144

German

Interjection

ker

1. alternative spelling of Ker

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

• IPA^(key): /cʰɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. tub, vat

   Synonyms: kerald, stampur

2. vessel, container

   Synonym: ílát

Declension

Declension of ker (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ker	kerið	ker	kerin
accusative	ker	kerið	ker	kerin
dative	keri	kerinu	kerum, kerjum	kerunum, kerjunum
genitive	kers	kersins	kera, kerja	keranna, kerjanna

Derived terms

• ígulker
• leirker

Khasi

Verb

ker

1. to enclose, to surround

Derived terms

• kper

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 24. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rkəw. 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰɯ²¹]

Verb

ker

1. (Yao'an) to steal

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɜɾ/

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ker”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238; also available at the Internet Archive