kerek

See also: kerék and kérek

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä (“round, turning; turn, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛk]

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• Hyphenation: ke‧rek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Adjective

kerek (comparative kerekebb, superlative legkerekebb)

1. round, circular

   Antonym: szögletes

   Coordinate term: (round chiefly in 3D) gömbölyű

2. (mathematics) round (convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero)
3. whole, entire, complete (covering all aspects)
4. plain, explicit, flat, square, blunt (refusal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kerek	kerekek
accusative	kereket	kerekeket
dative	kereknek	kerekeknek
instrumental	kerekkel	kerekekkel
causal-final	kerekért	kerekekért
translative	kerekké	kerekekké
terminative	kerekig	kerekekig
essive-formal	kerekként	kerekekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kerekben	kerekekben
superessive	kereken	kerekeken
adessive	kereknél	kerekeknél
illative	kerekbe	kerekekbe
sublative	kerekre	kerekekre
allative	kerekhez	kerekekhez
elative	kerekből	kerekekből
delative	kerekről	kerekekről
ablative	kerektől	kerekektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	kereké	kerekeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kerekéi	kerekekéi

Derived terms

• kerekded
• kerekedik → felkerekedik, felülkerekedik,  kikerekedik
• kerekít

Expressions

• kerek ablak
• kerek perec
• kerek zárójel

Related terms

• kering
• kerít
• kerül

Further reading

• kerek in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kerek.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɛk/ [ˈke.rɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -erɛk
• Syllabification: ke‧rek

Noun

kerek (plural kerek-kerek)

1. pulley

   Synonyms: kapi, katrol, takal

Derived terms

• kerekan
• mengerek
• pengerek
• pengerekan
• terkerek

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay kerek.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɛk/ [ˈke.rɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -erɛk
• Syllabification: ke‧rek

Noun

kerek (plural kerek-kerek)

1. a measure for palm-sugar

Derived terms

• sekerek

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Osing [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɛk/ [ˈke.rɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -erɛk
• Syllabification: ke‧rek

Noun

kerek (plural kerek-kerek)

1. in heat of a rooster, characterized by walking quickly around the hen while lowering one wing

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Malay (Riau) [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkerɛk/ [ˈke.rɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -erɛk
• Syllabification: ke‧rek

Noun

kerek (plural kerek-kerek)

1. a small basket made from woven cangkuang leaves, used as a container for dodol at weddings

Further reading

• “kerek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Zazaki

Noun

kerek (c)

1. deaf