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kering

kering

Dutch

Noun

kering f (plural keringen, diminutive kerinkje n)

  1. barrier, retaining wall (structure designed to keep water or earth in or out)

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *kerä (round, turning; turn, twist)[1] as kerül and kerít + -ing (frequentative suffix). [2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛriŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ring

Verb

kering

  1. to circulate, revolve, orbit, circle

Conjugation

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References

  1. Entry #286 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 963 7094 01 6

Indonesian

Adjective

kering

  1. dry
    hidangan ini sudah kering — this dish is dry

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ka-wiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *ka-wiʀi.

Adjective

kering

  1. left, opposite of right