keri
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]keri (plural keris)
Anagrams
[edit]Fijian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From keli, from Proto-Central-Pacific *keli, from Proto-Oceanic *kali, *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb
[edit]keri
- to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *keri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keri
- (archaic, dialectal) A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring.
- A rim of a casket, chest, sieve etc. that is made of thin, bent wood or birchbark.
- A rim around millstones.
- The side panel of the body of a fiddle.
- The wheel of a spinning wheel.
- Synonym of kärrynpyörä (“cartwheel, wheel of a cart”)
- A bicycle wheel.
- Synonym of sompa (“rim in the lower part of a ski pole”)
- Synonym of lieri (“brim (of a hat)”)
- The disk at the lower end of the plunger in a butter churn.
- birchbark ring
- (archaic) Synonym of vakka (“wooden container made of bent board”)
- (archaic) thickness of a cylindrical object, such as the trunk of a tree
- (dialectal) Synonym of kääkkä (“old, wrinkled and thin man”)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of keri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | keri | kerit | |
genitive | kerin | kerien | |
partitive | keriä | kerejä | |
illative | keriin | kereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keri | kerit | |
accusative | nom. | keri | kerit |
gen. | kerin | ||
genitive | kerin | kerien | |
partitive | keriä | kerejä | |
inessive | kerissä | kereissä | |
elative | keristä | kereistä | |
illative | keriin | kereihin | |
adessive | kerillä | kereillä | |
ablative | keriltä | kereiltä | |
allative | kerille | kereille | |
essive | kerinä | kereinä | |
translative | keriksi | kereiksi | |
abessive | kerittä | kereittä | |
instructive | — | kerein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (thickness): läpimitta
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkeri/, [ˈk̟e̞ri] (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈkeriˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ri(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -eri
- Hyphenation(key): ke‧ri
Verb
[edit]keri
- inflection of keriä:
References
[edit]- “keri”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
Anagrams
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Noun
[edit]keri
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]keri
Kamba
[edit]< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : keri | ||
Numeral
[edit]keri
Kamba Number Inflections
Noun Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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singular | Mundu | Muti | Numba | Kimanda | Itumbi | Uwathi | Kaindo | Wandu | Kuthaima |
One - mondi | mondi | mmondi | mondi | kimondi | imondi | mondi | kamondi | wamondi | kumondi |
plural | Andu | Miti | Numba | Imanda | Matumbi | Mbathi | Tuindo | Wandu | Kuthaima |
Two - keri | aeri | yeri | yiri | iyiri | mairi | yiri | twiri | wairi | kwiri |
Three - kadatu | adatu | midatu | datu | idatu | madatu | datu | tudatu | wadetu | kudatu |
Four - kana | akana | mina | kana | ina | mana | kana | twana | wana | kwana |
Five - kathano | athano | mithano | thano | ithano | mathano | thano | tuthano | wathano | kuthano |
Six - thandatu | thandatu | thandato | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu |
Seven - monza | monza | mimonza | monza | imonza | mamonza | monza | tumonza | wamonza | kumonza |
Eight - nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya |
Nine - kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda |
Ten - ikumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi |
Maori
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli)[1] ~ *kali (compare with Hawaiian ʻali) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali (compare with Malay gali).[2][3] Doublet of kari.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]keri (passive keria)
- to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 144
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kali.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 123-4
Further reading
[edit]- “keri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]keri (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)
- able; capable
- Synonym: kaya
- Keri ko 'to.
- I can do this. / I'm capable of this.
- (literally, “This is my carry/I can carry this.”)
- Keri mo 'yan!
- You can do it!
- Keri mo bang sabihin sa kanya?
- Are you able to say it to him/her?
- Hindi ko keri ang amoy ng hininga niya!
- I can't stand the smell of his breath!
Usage notes
[edit]- The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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