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ker-
- an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually forming adverbs or interjections:
kerflop; kerplunk; ker-splosh.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ker-1
Perhaps from Scots dialect car-, cur-, currie- (as in carfuffle, carwhuffle 鈥渢o disarrange,鈥 carnaptious 鈥渋谤谤颈迟补产濒别,鈥 curriebuction 鈥渁 confused gathering, etc.鈥), based on car, earlier ker 鈥渓eft (hand or side),鈥 from Scots Gaelic cearr 鈥渨rong, awkward, left-handed鈥 (compare Middle Irish cerr 鈥渃rooked, maimed鈥); variants without r probably reflect forms in r -less dialects
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