ker

ker

1. (mathematics, algebra) kernel

ker (plural kers)

1. A chief of the Luo people.

ker

1. (anatomy) thigh

• IPA^(key): /kɛːr/

From Old French chier from Latin cārus. Compare French cher.

ker (comparative kerra, superlative an kerra)

1. dear, cherished
2. costly, expensive

From Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort, fortified town”). Cognate with Welsh caer and Breton kêr (“town, city”).

ker f (plural keryow)

1. fort, hill-fort, fortress, city

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ker

1. hard mutation of ger

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

ker

1. genitive plural of kra

Cognate to Turkish gerçek.

ker

1. really
2. if

• Baskakov, N. A. (1991) İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 144

ker

1. alternative spelling of Ker

ker

1. Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kar, which was borrowed from Danish.

• IPA^(key): /cʰɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. tub, vat

   Synonyms: kerald, stampur

2. vessel, container

   Synonym: ílát

• ígulker
• leirker

ker

1. to enclose, to surround

• Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎^[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 24. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rkəw. Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), Burmese ခိုး (hkui:), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Chinese 寇 (OC *[k]ʰˤ(r)o-s) (B-S), Tibetan རྐུ (rku), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Cholim Tangsa guh (“to steal”).

• IPA^(key): [kʰɯ²¹]

ker 

1. (Yao'an) to steal

• IPA^(key): /kʰɜɾ/

ker m

1. donkey

ker oblique singular, m (oblique plural kers, nominative singular kers, nominative plural ker)

1. (Old Northern French) chier

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

ker n

1. tub, vessel, goblet

• Icelandic: ker
• Faroese: ker
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjer
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjer
• Old Swedish: kar
  • Swedish: kar
• Old Danish: kar
  • Danish: kar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kar
    • → Icelandic: kar
    • → Faroese: kar
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kar

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ker”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238; also available at the Internet Archive

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).^[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

• IPA^(key): /kɛɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ
• Hyphenation: ker

ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akeri, noun kera) (intransitive)

1. to sleep
2. to fall asleep

• Nheengatu: kiri

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ker”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 226, column 2

Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

• IPA^(key): /kêːr/
• Hyphenation: ker

kȇr m anim (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)

1. (slang, Bosnia, Serbia) dog

   Synonyms: pȁs; (Croatia) pes, (Montenegro) kucko, bidzin/bizin

• “ker”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъřь (“shrub, bush”). Compare Polish kierz, Lower Sorbian keŕ, Czech keř.

• IPA^(key): [ker]

ker m inan (relational adjective kerový, diminutive krík or kríček)

1. bush, shrub

• “ker”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. The initial j- in relative pronouns and conjunctions changed to k- through analogy to interrogative pronouns. Compare Serbo-Croatian jer.

• IPA^(key): /kɛr/

ker

1. because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

• “ker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

ker

1. dirt

ker

1. deaf