# ker
## Translingual
### Symbol

ker
* (mathematics, algebra) kernel

## Abinomn
### Noun

ker
* (anatomy) thigh

## Cornish
### Noun

ker
* Hard mutation of ger.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɛr]
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

ker
* genitive plural of kra

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Cognate to Turkish gerçek.

### Adverb

ker
* really
* if

#### References

* 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

## German
### Interjection

ker
* Alternative spelling of Ker

## Hittite
### Romanization

ker
* Broad transcription of 𒆠𒅕

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cʰɛːr/
* Rhymes: -ɛːr

### Noun

ker n (genitive singular kers, nominative plural ker)
* tub, vat
    Synonyms: kerald, stampur
* vessel, container
    Synonym: ílát

#### Derived terms

* ígulker
* leirker

## Khasi
### Verb

ker
* to enclose, to surround

#### Derived terms

* kper

### References

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

## Lolopo
### Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ko² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰɯ²¹]

### Verb

ker
* (Yao'an) to steal

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɜɾ/

### Noun

ker m
* donkey

## Old French
### Noun

ker oblique singular, m (oblique plural kers, nominative singular kers, nominative plural ker)
* (Old Northern French) chier

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

### Noun

ker n
* tub, vessel, goblet

#### Descendants

* 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

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ker”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/238 Internet Archive]

## Old Tupi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʲer (“to sleep”), from Proto-Tupian *kʲet (“to sleep”).
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛɾ/
* Rhymes: -ɛɾ
* Hyphenation: ker

### Verb

ker (first-person singular active indicative aker, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akeri, noun kera) (intransitive)
* to sleep
* to fall asleep

#### Related terms

* kera
* kerambu
* keraparar
* kerar
* kerarõ
* kerasem
* keraíb
* kerupaba
* kesaba
* kesapeba
* monger

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: kiri

### References

* ↑ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409
* 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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Shortened form of kȅrber (“Cerberus”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kêːr/
* Hyphenation: ker

### Noun

kȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑р)
* (slang, Bosnia, Serbia) dog
    Synonyms: pȁs; (Croatia) pes, (Montenegro) kucko, bidzin/bizin

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ker]

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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

## Slovene
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛr/

### Conjunction

ker
* because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

### References

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

## Tatar
### Noun

ker
* dirt

## Zazaki
### Noun

ker
* deaf