kri

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Contents 1 Faroese 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Interjection 1.3.1 Usage notes 2 Slovene 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Quotations 3 Tocharian A 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kriː]

[edit] Noun

kri n.

1. animal sound of the tern (terna)

[edit] Interjection

kri

1. animal sound of the tern

[edit] Usage notes

• ternan sigur kri, kri, kri - the tern makes “kri, kri, kri”

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[edit] Slovene

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“‘blood of a wound’”).

[edit] Noun

kri f.

1. blood

[edit] Declension

[edit] Quotations

• Srečko Kosovel, Ekstaza Smrti, lines 15-21

  A, iz oblaka večernega (zadnjega

  sla, ki oznanja Evropi še luč!)

  lije kri v moje trudno srce,

  joj, in vode ni več v Evropi

  in mi ludje pijemo kri,

  kri iz večernih sladkih oblakov.

  - Vse je ekstaza, ekstaza smrti. -

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[edit] Tocharian A

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

[edit] Noun

kri

1. will