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keri

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See also: Keri, keři, kéri, ķēri, and ǁkeri

English

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Noun

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keri (plural keris)

  1. (Judaism) Alternative form of kere

Anagrams

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Fijian

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Etymology

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From keli, from Proto-Central-Pacific *keli, from Proto-Oceanic *kali, *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb

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keri

  1. to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *keri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeri/, [ˈk̟e̞ri]
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation(key): ke‧ri

Noun

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keri

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring.
    1. A rim of a casket, chest, sieve etc. that is made of thin, bent wood or birchbark.
    2. A rim around millstones.
    3. The side panel of the body of a fiddle.
    4. The wheel of a spinning wheel.
    5. Synonym of kärrynpyörä (cartwheel, wheel of a cart)
    6. A bicycle wheel.
    7. Synonym of sompa (rim in the lower part of a ski pole)
    8. Synonym of lieri (brim (of a hat))
    9. The disk at the lower end of the plunger in a butter churn.
    10. birchbark ring
  2. (archaic) Synonym of vakka (wooden container made of bent board)
  3. (archaic) thickness of a cylindrical object, such as the trunk of a tree
  4. (dialectal) Synonym of kääkkä (old, wrinkled and thin man)
Declension
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Inflection of keri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of keri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kerini kerini
accusative nom. kerini kerini
gen. kerini
genitive kerini kerieni
partitive keriäni kerejäni
inessive kerissäni kereissäni
elative keristäni kereistäni
illative keriini kereihini
adessive kerilläni kereilläni
ablative keriltäni kereiltäni
allative kerilleni kereilleni
essive kerinäni kereinäni
translative kerikseni kereikseni
abessive kerittäni kereittäni
instructive
comitative kereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kerisi kerisi
accusative nom. kerisi kerisi
gen. kerisi
genitive kerisi keriesi
partitive keriäsi kerejäsi
inessive kerissäsi kereissäsi
elative keristäsi kereistäsi
illative keriisi kereihisi
adessive kerilläsi kereilläsi
ablative keriltäsi kereiltäsi
allative kerillesi kereillesi
essive kerinäsi kereinäsi
translative keriksesi kereiksesi
abessive kerittäsi kereittäsi
instructive
comitative kereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kerimme kerimme
accusative nom. kerimme kerimme
gen. kerimme
genitive kerimme keriemme
partitive keriämme kerejämme
inessive kerissämme kereissämme
elative keristämme kereistämme
illative keriimme kereihimme
adessive kerillämme kereillämme
ablative keriltämme kereiltämme
allative kerillemme kereillemme
essive kerinämme kereinämme
translative keriksemme kereiksemme
abessive kerittämme kereittämme
instructive
comitative kereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kerinne kerinne
accusative nom. kerinne kerinne
gen. kerinne
genitive kerinne kerienne
partitive keriänne kerejänne
inessive kerissänne kereissänne
elative keristänne kereistänne
illative keriinne kereihinne
adessive kerillänne kereillänne
ablative keriltänne kereiltänne
allative kerillenne kereillenne
essive kerinänne kereinänne
translative keriksenne kereiksenne
abessive kerittänne kereittänne
instructive
comitative kereinenne
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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compounds

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeri/, [ˈk̟e̞ri] (third-person indicative)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeriˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ri(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation(key): ke‧ri

Verb

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keri

  1. inflection of keriä:
    1. third-person singular past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

References

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  • 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

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Icelandic

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Noun

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keri

  1. indefinite dative singular of ker

Japanese

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Romanization

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keri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けり
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケリ

Kamba

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Kamba cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : keri

Numeral

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keri

  1. two

Maori

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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IPA(key): /ke.ri/, [kɛ.ɾi]

Verb

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keri (passive keria)

  1. to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 144
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kali.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ 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

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  • keri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English carry.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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keri (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)

  1. 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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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