kekele

See also: kēkelē

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• kēkelē

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈke.le/, [kɛˈkɛ.lɛ]

Noun

kekele

1. (education, geography, physics) degree

Derived terms

• kēkelē heheʻe (“melting point”)
• kekele hoʻohanohano (“honorary degree”)
• kēkelē paila (“boiling point”)
• kēkelē paʻahau (“freezing point”)

 

Further reading

• “kekele” in Ka‘ōnohi‘ulaokamanō Kai, Manomano, KAI LOA Inc.

Ingrian

Kekele.

Alternative forms

• kekel, kekelä, kekäle, kekälä

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kekäleh. Cognates include Finnish kekäle and Veps kegaleh.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkekele/, [ˈke̞ke̞lʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkekeːle/, [ˈke̞kˑe̝ːle̞]
• Rhymes: -ekel, -ekeːle
• Hyphenation: ke‧ke‧le

Noun

kekele

1. ember

Declension

Declension of kekele (type 6/lähe, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kekele	kekeleet
genitive	kekeleen	kekelein
partitive	kekelettä	kekeleitä
illative	kekeleesse	kekeleisse
inessive	kekelees	kekeleis
elative	kekeleest	kekeleist
allative	kekeleelle	kekeleille
adessive	kekeleel	kekeleil
ablative	kekeleelt	kekeleilt
translative	kekeleeks	kekeleiks
essive	kekeleennä, kekeleen	kekeleinnä, kekelein
exessive1)	kekeleent	kekeleint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 151