けり

Japanese

pron
Definitions
  • (classical) indicating past tense: -ed
  • (classical) indicating the speaker has just realized something

Etymology

Inherited from Old Japanese けり com from Japanese 来 + Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese stem or continuative form of classical verb m + Japanese 来 + Japanese 来る (come)+ Japanese あり (be, exist), き (male).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

male

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

Emoji
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