kér

See also: ker, Ker, kêr, kër, keř, kær, ķer, ker., and ker-

Breton

Adjective

kér

  1. dear

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä (“to request”). Cognates include Finnish kerjätä (“to beg”), Komi-Permyak корны (korny, “to beg”), Udmurt курыны (kuryny) and Northern Sami gearjidit (“to beg”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːr]
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Verb

kér

  1. (transitive) to ask, to make a request

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ↑ Entry #287 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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