kuero

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cuero (“flesh”).

Noun

kuero m (Hebrew spelling קואירו)

1. skin (flesh)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 293:

     Telefoní a “Kupat Holim” imediatamente, dieron la mizma repuesta:
     "Kale ke vengas para alhat al doktor del kuero"

     I immediately telephoned “Kupat Holim”; they gave me the same response: ‘It is necessary that you go to the skin doctor on Sunday.’

2. hide (animal skin)
   • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎^[2], De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 348:

     En mezmo tiempo merkaderes ke eksportavan a la Austria produktes del lokalidad: kueros de taushan, saḥtian, meshin, sera.

     Simultaneously merchants who were exporting local products to Austria: rabbitskins, goatskins, processed sheepskins, [and] beeswax.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• kueru

Noun

kuero

1. hide (animal organ)
2. skin (flesh)