# kersa
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kërsa (compare Võro kõrźo), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood”)). The meaning "kid, child, brat" would in this case be a re-extraction from kersalapsi (literally “a child conceived/born in the bushes”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkersɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rs̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ersɑ
* Hyphenation: ker‧sa

### Noun

kersa (colloquial)
* (possibly derogatory) kid, child, brat

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kersa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kersani
kersani
accusative
nom.
kersani
kersani
gen.
kersani
genitive
kersani
kersojeni kersaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kersaani
kersojani
inessive
kersassani
kersoissani
elative
kersastani
kersoistani
illative
kersaani
kersoihini
adessive
kersallani
kersoillani
ablative
kersaltani
kersoiltani
allative
kersalleni
kersoilleni
essive
kersanani
kersoinani
translative
kersakseni
kersoikseni
abessive
kersattani
kersoittani
instructive
comitative
—kersoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kersasi
kersasi
accusative
nom.
kersasi
kersasi
gen.
kersasi
genitive
kersasi
kersojesi kersaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kersaasi
kersojasi
inessive
kersassasi
kersoissasi
elative
kersastasi
kersoistasi
illative
kersaasi
kersoihisi
adessive
kersallasi
kersoillasi
ablative
kersaltasi
kersoiltasi
allative
kersallesi
kersoillesi
essive
kersanasi
kersoinasi
translative
kersaksesi
kersoiksesi
abessive
kersattasi
kersoittasi
instructive
comitative
—kersoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kersamme
kersamme
accusative
nom.
kersamme
kersamme
gen.
kersamme
genitive
kersamme
kersojemme kersaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kersaamme
kersojamme
inessive
kersassamme
kersoissamme
elative
kersastamme
kersoistamme
illative
kersaamme
kersoihimme
adessive
kersallamme
kersoillamme
ablative
kersaltamme
kersoiltamme
allative
kersallemme
kersoillemme
essive
kersanamme
kersoinamme
translative
kersaksemme
kersoiksemme
abessive
kersattamme
kersoittamme
instructive
comitative
—kersoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kersanne
kersanne
accusative
nom.
kersanne
kersanne
gen.
kersanne
genitive
kersanne
kersojenne kersainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kersaanne
kersojanne
inessive
kersassanne
kersoissanne
elative
kersastanne
kersoistanne
illative
kersaanne
kersoihinne
adessive
kersallanne
kersoillanne
ablative
kersaltanne
kersoiltanne
allative
kersallenne
kersoillenne
essive
kersananne
kersoinanne
translative
kersaksenne
kersoiksenne
abessive
kersattanne
kersoittanne
instructive
comitative
—kersoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kersansa
kersansa
accusative
nom.
kersansa
kersansa
gen.
kersansa
genitive
kersansa
kersojensa kersainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kersaansa
kersojaan kersojansa
inessive
kersassaan kersassansa
kersoissaan kersoissansa
elative
kersastaan kersastansa
kersoistaan kersoistansa
illative
kersaansa
kersoihinsa
adessive
kersallaan kersallansa
kersoillaan kersoillansa
ablative
kersaltaan kersaltansa
kersoiltaan kersoiltansa
allative
kersalleen kersallensa
kersoilleen kersoillensa
essive
kersanaan kersanansa
kersoinaan kersoinansa
translative
kersakseen kersaksensa
kersoikseen kersoiksensa
abessive
kersattaan kersattansa
kersoittaan kersoittansa
instructive
comitative
—kersoineen kersoinensa :

### Further reading

* “kersa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Fula
### Noun

kersa o
* (Pulaar) disgrace, scandal

### References

* M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

## Javanese
### Romanization

kersa
* Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦱ

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦂꦱ (karsa, “intention”), from Old Javanese karsa, kaharṣa (“desire, wish; desired”).

### Adjective

kersa (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮁᮞ)
* able (to do something)