kera

See also: kerä, KERA, and ķēra

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰeɾaḁ/

Noun

kera

1. hand

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkera/
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

kera (accusative singular keran, plural keraj, accusative plural kerajn)

1. (card games) of the suit of hearts (♥).
   • 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:

     La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.

     The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.

   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:

     La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!

     The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.

Related terms

• kero

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Estonian

Etymology

Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.

Noun

kera (genitive kera, partitive kera)

1. ball, sphere

Declension

Declension of kera (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kera	kerad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kera
genitive			kerade
partitive		kera	kerasid
illative		kerra kerasse	keradesse
inessive		keras	kerades
elative		kerast	keradest
allative		kerale	keradele
adessive		keral	keradel
ablative		keralt	keradelt
translative		keraks	keradeks
terminative		kerani	keradeni
essive		kerana	keradena
abessive		kerata	keradeta
comitative		keraga	keradega

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Finnish

Etymology

Shortening of keralla. Cognate with Ingrian kera, Karelian kera and Votic kera.

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

1. with

   Kahvia maidon kera. ― Coffee with milk.

   Synonym: kanssa

   Antonym: ilman

Anagrams

• Kare, kare

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Indonesian

Noun

kera (first-person possessive keraku, second-person possessive keramu, third-person possessive keranya)

1. monkey (primate)

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Japanese

Romanization

kera

1. Rōmaji transcription of けら
2. Rōmaji transcription of ケラ

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Kapampangan

Noun

kerə

1. lying down,
2. time of going to bed

Verb

kerə

1. To lie down.

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kierā.

Noun

kera

1. ball, clew (of yarn)
2. cabbage

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “клубок, кочан”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika