# kera
## Basque
### Noun

kera
* allative singular of ke

## Borôro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰeɾaḁ/

### Noun

kera
* hand

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkera]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -era
* Hyphenation: ke‧ra

### Adjective

kera (accusative singular keran, plural keraj, accusative plural kerajn)
* (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, transl., 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

## Estonian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

kera (genitive kera, partitive kera)
* ball, sphere

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -erɑ
* Hyphenation: ke‧ra

### Postposition

kera [with genitive]
* with (in addition to; as an accessory to)
    Synonym: kanssa
    Antonym: ilman
    kahvia maidon kera ― coffee with milk
* Synonym of kanssa (“with”) (in the company of, including)

#### Derived terms

* kerake

### Further reading

* “kera”, 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

### Anagrams

* Kare, kare

## Garo
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

### Noun

kera
* basket

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay kera, from Classical Malay کرا (kĕra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˈra/, [kəˈra]
* Hyphenation: kê‧ra
* Audio (Indonesia):(file)

### Noun

kêra (plural kera-kera)
* a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail; ape
** 1922, Mengelilingi Doenia Dalam 80 Hari:Maka héwan hoetanpoen djarang meréka berdjoempa dalam perdjalanannja, hanjalah matjam-matjam kera jang banjak dilihatnja berlontjat-lontjatan didahan kajoe dan memboeat roepa-roepa tingkah lakoe jang amat mentertawakan Passepartout.So they rarely met forest animals on they journey, only a variety of monkeys that they saw jumping on the branches of trees and making various kinds of behavior that made Passepartout laugh.
* crab-eating macaque

### Further reading

* “kera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Shortening of kerraal. Akin to Finnish kera and Karelian kera.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkerɑ/, [ˈke̞rɑ]
* Rhymes: -erɑ
* Hyphenation: ke‧ra

### Adverb

kera
* with, along
* also, too, as well
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:Mama kera mäni tööhö.Mama goes to work as well.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Heil kera ono oma dialekta, mut senen dialektan materialat kera tähä kirjaa evät joutuneet.They, too, have [their] own dialect, but the materials of this dialect were also not included in this book.

#### Synonyms

* tože, ja, i

### Postposition

kera (+ genitive)
* with
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:Lapset suuren möryn kera lumimäes tiukkaa.The children play on the sledging hill with a loud shout.
** 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:Mitä tapahtui pintamaan kera?What happened with the topsoil?

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 155
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 71

## Japanese
### Romanization

kera
* Rōmaji transcription of けら
* Rōmaji transcription of ケラ

## Javanese
### Alternative forms

* Carakan: ꦏꦼꦫ
* Roman: kêra

### Adjective

kera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)
* (polite) skinny

## Kapampangan
### Noun

kerə
* lying down,
* time of going to bed

### Verb

kerə
* to lie down

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* kĕra (dated, pre-1972)

### Etymology

Compare Urak Lawoi' กรา (kra, “monkey”), Old Javanese kĕra (“monkey”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˈra/ [kəˈra]

### Noun

kera (Jawi spelling کرا, plural kera-kera, informal 1st possessive keraku, 2nd possessive keramu, 3rd possessive keranya)
* monkey, especially the macaque
    Hypernym: monyet

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kera

### Further reading

* “kera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛ.ra/
* Homophone: kerha

### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكْرَى (ʔakrā).

#### Verb

kera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri, verbal noun kiri)
* to rent

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic كِراء (kirāʔ), feminised because of the final -a. Doublet of kiri.

#### Noun

kera f
* rent

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-kera (infinitive kukera)
* to annoy, irritate, aggravate

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -kera :
| Positive present | -nakera |
| Subjunctive | -kere |
| Negative | -keri |
| Imperative singular | kera |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kukera |
| Negative | kutokera |
Imperatives :
| Singular | kera |
| Plural | kereni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hukera |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likera |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kukera |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takera |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takera |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sikere |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekera |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekera |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikera |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikera |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekera |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakera |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jakera |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kikera |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokera |
| Consecutive | kakera / positive subject concord + -kakera |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kakere |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -kerea
** Causative: -keresha
** Passive: -kerwa
** Reciprocal: -kerana
** Stative: -kereka
* Nominal derivations:
** kero (“annoyance, nuisance”)

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Noun

kera ?
* a type of musical instrument

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kera”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 209

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kerä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä.

### Noun

kera
* ball, clew (of yarn)
* cabbage

#### Inflection
### References

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