kero

See also: kéró and kérő

English

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

Abbreviation of kerosene.

Noun

kero (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Kerosene.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:
      The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

kero (plural keros)

  1. A type of wooden drinking vessel produced by the Incas.
Translations

Anagrams

Amis

Verb

kero

  1. to dance

References

Esperanto

Etymology

From French cœur. Doublet of koro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkero]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ro

Noun

kero (accusative singular keron, plural keroj, accusative plural kerojn)

  1. (card games) the suit of hearts, marked with the symbol ♥

Derived terms

See also
Suits in Esperanto · emblemoj (layout · text)
kero karoo, rombo piko trefo

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkero/, [ˈke̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification(key): ke‧ro

Noun

kero

  1. (archaic) A round, treeless top of a fell; now mostly in place names and compounds.
  2. (dialectal, archaic) throat
    Synonym: kurkku

Declension
Inflection of kero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kero kerot
genitive keron kerojen
partitive keroa keroja
illative keroon keroihin
singular plural
nominative kero kerot
accusative nom. kero kerot
gen. keron
genitive keron kerojen
partitive keroa keroja
inessive kerossa keroissa
elative kerosta keroista
illative keroon keroihin
adessive kerolla keroilla
ablative kerolta keroilta
allative kerolle keroille
essive kerona keroina
translative keroksi keroiksi
instructive — keroin
abessive kerotta keroitta
comitative — keroineen
Possessive forms of kero (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person keroni keromme
2nd person kerosi keronne
3rd person keronsa

Compounds

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kiro. Cognates include Finnish kiro.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkero/, [ˈke̞ro̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkero/, [ˈke̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ro

Noun

kero

  1. curse

Declension
Declension of kero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kero kerot
genitive keron kerroin, keroloin
partitive kerroa keroja, keroloja
illative kerroo kerroi, keroloihe
inessive keros kerois, kerolois
elative kerost keroist, keroloist
allative kerolle keroille, keroloille
adessive kerol keroil, keroloil
ablative kerolt keroilt, keroloilt
translative keroks keroiks, keroloiks
essive keronna, kerroon keroinna, keroloinna, kerroin, keroloin
exessive1) keront keroint, keroloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 157

Japanese

Romanization

kero

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けろ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケロ

Ladino

Verb

kero (Latin spelling)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kerer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

kero m (plural keros)

  1. kero (Inca wooden drinking vessel)

Swahili

Etymology

From -kera (“to annoy”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

kero (n class, plural kero)

  1. an annoyance or nuisance
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