kera

See also: kerä, KERA, and ķēra

Basque

Noun

kera

1. allative singular of ke

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰeɾaḁ/

Noun

kera

1. hand

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkera/
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

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

1. (card games) of the suit of hearts (♥).
   • 1908, Vallienne, Henri, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:

     La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.

     The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.

   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:

     La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!

     The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.

Related terms

• kero

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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

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

	singular	plural
nominative	kera	kerad
accusative	kera	kerad
genitive	kera	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

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

1. with

   Kahvia maidon kera. ― Coffee with milk.

   Synonym: kanssa

   Antonym: ilman

Anagrams

• Kare, kare

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kera.

Noun

kera (plural, 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 quote)

2. crab-eating macaque

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Ingrian

Etymology

From kerraal, adessive of kerta (“occasion”). Akin to Finnish kera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkera/

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

1. together with

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[1]

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Japanese

Romanization

kera

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

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦏꦼꦫ
• Roman: kêra

Adjective

kera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)

1. (polite) skinny

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Kapampangan

Noun

kerə

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

Verb

kerə

1. To lie down.

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Malay

Noun

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

1. monkey, especially the macaque

   Hypernym: monyet

Further reading

• “kera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maltese

Root
k-r-j

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ra/

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكْرَى‎ (ʾakrā).

Verb

kera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri)

1. to rent

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kera f

1. rent

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.

Noun

kera

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

Inflection

Inflection of kera
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	?	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	?	keroihesai
terminative II	keralesai	keroilesai
terminative III	kerassai	—
additive I	?	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