ܟܘܝܿܠ

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Kerasian

Etymology

From Late Middle Kerasian ܟܘܝܿܪܠ - koerl, from Early Middle Kerasian ܟܥܝܵܬܠ - koętl, from Old Kerasian ܩܘܐܿܬܠ - qoætl ("to challenge; to test; to fight"), from Proto-East-Lafaric qātal, from Proto-Lafaric qātala ("to fight").

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Notes

For the above Latin-script transliterations, the distinction between ⟨c⟩ and ⟨k⟩ is aspiration. ⟨k⟩ is aspirated: /kʰ/; ⟨c⟩ is not: /k/. ⟨oe⟩ represents the close-mid front rounded vowel /ø/, rather than the vowel diphthong /oe/, which is instead shown using ⟨oė⟩.

Pronunciation

• (Jisdunju) IPA: /køo/, arPR: keuo
• (Eastern) IPA: /køl/, arPR: keul
• (Western) IPA: /køyl/, arPR: keuu̇l
• Rhymes: -øo, -øl, -øyl

Verb

ܟܘܝܿܠ • (koel)

  1. (transitive) to challenge or put a strain on sonething.
  2. (transitive) to refine or cupel a material.
  3. (academics) to assign an academic examination to someone.
  4. (transitive) to prove an aspect of something by experiment.

Conjugation