kera

kera

1. allative singular of ke

• IPA^(key): /kʰeɾaḁ/

kera

1. hand

• IPA^(key): [ˈkera]
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• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: ke‧ra

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

1. (card games) of the suit of hearts (♥).
   • 1908, Henri Vallienne, 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, transl., 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.

• kero

Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.

kera (genitive kera, partitive kera)

1. ball, sphere

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ke‧ra

kera (+ genitive)

1. with (in addition to; as an accessory to)

   Synonym: kanssa

   Antonym: ilman

   kahvia maidon kera ― coffee with milk

2. Synonym of kanssa (“with”) (in the company of, including)

• “kera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Kare, kare

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

kera

1. basket

From Malay kera, from Classical Malay کرا (kĕra).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈra/, [kəˈra]
• Hyphenation: kê‧ra

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kêra (plural kera-kera, 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 quotation)

2. crab-eating macaque

• “kera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Shortening of kerraal. Akin to Finnish kera and Karelian kera.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Hyphenation: ke‧ra

kera

1. also, too, as well
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:

     Mama kera mäni tööhö.

     Mama goes to work as well.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Heil kera ono oma dialekta, mut senen dialektan materialat kera tähä kirjaa evät joutuneet.

     They, too, have [their] own dialect, but the materials of this dialect were also not included in this book.

• tože, ja, i

kera (+ genitive)

1. with
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:

     Lapset suuren möryn kera lumimäes tiukkaa.

     The children play on the sledging hill with a loud shout.

   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Mitä tapahtui pintamaan kera?

     What happened with the topsoil?

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 155
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 71

kera

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

• Carakan: ꦏꦼꦫ
• Roman: kêra

kera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)

1. (polite) skinny

kerə

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

kerə

1. to lie down

• kĕra (dated, pre-1972)

Compare Urak Lawoi' กรา (kra, “monkey”), Old Javanese kĕra (“monkey”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈra/, [kəˈra]

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

1. monkey, especially the macaque

   Hypernym: monyet

• Indonesian: kera

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ra/
• Homophone: kerha

From Arabic أَكْرَى (ʔakrā).

kera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri, verbal noun kiri)

1. to rent

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

kera f

1. rent

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-kera (infinitive kukera)

1. to annoy, irritate, aggravate

• Nominal derivations:
  • kero (“annoyance, nuisance”)

Unknown.

kera ?

1. a type of musical instrument

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kera”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 209

From Proto-Finnic *kerä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä.

kera

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

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “клубок, кочан”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika