ker-

ker-
an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually forming adverbs or interjections: kerflop; kerplunk; ker-splosh.
Also, ca-, ka-.
[perh. < Scots dial. car-, cur-, currie- (as in carfuffle, carwhuffle to disarrange, carnaptious irritable, curriebuction a confused gathering, etc.), based on car, earlier ker left (hand or side) < ScotGael cearr wrong, awkward, left-handed (cf. MIr cerr crooked, maimed); vars. without r prob. reflect forms in r-less dialects]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • ker — ker·a·lan; ker·a·sin; ker·a·ter·pe·ton; ker·a·tin; ker·a·tin·i·za·tion; ker·a·tin·ize; ker·a·ti·tis; ker·a·to·conjunctivitis; ker·a·to·der·ma; ker·a·to·gen·ic; ker·a·tog·e·nous; ker·a·toid; ker·a·toi·dea; Ker·a·tol; ker·a·tol·y·sis;… …   English syllables

  • ker(ǝ)-3 —     ker(ǝ) 3     English meaning: to burn     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen, glũhen, heizen”     Material: O.Ind. kūḍ ayüti ‘sengt” (*kr̥̄ d , i.e. *kerǝ d ); nasalized kuṇḍatē “burns”; about kuṣüku , kaṣüku see under; dubious Lat.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • Ker — or KER may refer to:* Ker, family name of the Dukes of Roxburghe * ker, in mathematics, an abbreviation of kernel * KER, airport code of Kerman, Iran * Ker, singular of Keres (Greek mythology) * Ker, king of the Libyans * Ker, Azerbaijan, a… …   Wikipedia

  • ker-4 —     ker 4     English meaning: cherry     Deutsche Übersetzung: in Worten for “Kornelkirsche, Kirsche”     Material: Gk. κράνος m. f. = Lat. cornus (*kr̥nos) “Kornelkirschbaum”, κράνον = Lat. cornum “Kornelkirsche”, Lith. *kirnas as base from… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • Ker — Ker, bei botan. Namen für John Bellenden Ker (Gawler ), engl. Gärtner und Botaniker. Schrieb: »Strelitzia depicta« (Lond. 1818); »Iridearum genera« (Brüssel 1827) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • ker — ● ker nom masculin Noyau d un homomorphisme de groupe, d anneau ou d espace vectoriel. (Notation Ker f.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • kér- — ⇒KÉR(A) , KÉRAT(O) , (KÉR , KÉRA , KÉRAT , KÉRATO )élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. , « corne, matière cornée », entrant dans la constr. de subst. et d adj. appartenant au vocab. sav. V. aussi céro /cérat(o) . A. CHIM., MINÉR. : kérargyre, subst.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ker- — U.S. slang prefix, by 1836 as che , 1843 as ker , possibly from influence of Ger. or Du. ge , past participial prefix; or ultimately echoic of the sound of the fall of some heavy body …   Etymology dictionary

  • ker-2 —     ker 2     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden”     See also: see under (s)ker …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • ker-5 —     ker 5     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘springen, drehen”     See also: see under (s)ker …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • Ker — (Myth.), s. Keren …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”