different between koro vs kero

English

Etymology

Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion.

Noun

koro (uncountable)

1. (psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.

References

• Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").

Anagrams

• Kroo, kroo, roko, rook

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/
• Hyphenation: ko?ro

Noun

koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

1. heart
2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo).

Noun

koro

1. town
2. village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
3. settlement

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/, [?ko?ro?]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: ko?ro

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skur?.

Noun

koro

1. (heraldry) line of partition, line
2. (botany) open scar

Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from korottaa.

Noun

koro

1. (ballistics) elevation (angle)

Declension

Anagrams

• orko

Fur

Noun

koro (plurale tantum)

1. water

References

• Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
• Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

Japanese

Romanization

koro

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Khoekhoe

Numeral

koro

1. five

Lindu

Noun

koro

1. body
2. self

Maori

Noun

koro (used in the form koro-a)

1. grandfather

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kòro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.r?/

Noun

koro f

1. vocative singular of kora

Rapa Nui

Noun

koro

1. (archaic) father

Usage notes

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

• matu'a tamaaroa
• matu'a tane

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of kerosene.

Noun

kero (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Kerosene.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:

     The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• qero

Noun

kero (plural keros)

1. A type of wooden drinking vessel produced by the Incas.

Translations

Anagrams

• Kore, kore, oker, roke

Amis

Verb

kero

1. to dance

References

• 2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Esperanto

Etymology

French cœur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kero/
• Hyphenation: ke?ro
• Rhymes: -ero

Noun

kero (accusative singular keron, plural keroj, accusative plural kerojn)

1. (card games) The suit of hearts, marked with the symbol ?.

Derived terms

• keroj (“hearts (card game)”)

See also

Finnish

Noun

kero

1. (archaic) A round, treeless top of a fell; now mostly in place names and compounds.
2. (dialectal, archaic) throat

   Synonym: kurkku

Declension

Compounds

• keropäinen
• keropää

Anagrams

• kore

Japanese

Romanization

kero

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quero

Noun

kero m (plural keros)

1. kero (Inca wooden drinking vessel)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kero (n class, plural kero)

1. an annoyance or nuisance