keri

See also: Keri, keři, kéri, and ķēri

English

Noun

keri

  1. (Judaism) Alternative form of kere

Anagrams


Fijian

Etymology

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

Verb

keri

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 (wheel of a cart).
    6. A bicycle wheel.
    7. Synonym of sompa.
    8. Synonym of lieri.
    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
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
instructive kerein
abessive kerittä kereittä
comitative kereineen
Possessive forms of keri (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person kerini kerimme
2nd person kerisi kerinne
3rd person kerinsä
Synonyms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

keri

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

References

  • keri”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022.

Anagrams


Icelandic

Noun

keri

  1. indefinite dative singular of ker

Japanese

Romanization

keri

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

Kamba

Kamba cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : keri

Numeral

keri

  1. two

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb

keri (used in the form keri-a)

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English carry.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ke‧ri
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɾi/, [ˈke.ɾɪ]

Adjective

keri (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

  1. (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!

Derived terms

  • keribelita
  • keribels
  • keriboomboombells

Further reading

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