くり

See also: ぐり, くりくり, and くる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くり – see the following entries.

【栗】J [noun] Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata [noun] Short for 栗色 (kuri-iro): chestnut brown [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling クリ

【刳り】 [noun] a hollow, something that is cut or gouged (out) [noun] scooping, hollowing

【庫裏】 [noun] living quarters of a Buddhist temple [noun] the kitchen of a Zen monastery Alternative spelling 庫裡

【九里】 [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] Guri (a city in South Korea)

【久利】 [proper noun] a female or male given name [proper noun] a surname

【久里】 [proper noun] A village in Saga, Japan [proper noun] a surname

【庫理】 [proper noun] A district of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan

(This term, くり, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as くり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くり.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 厨, 公里.)

Okinawan

Alternative spellings
くれー (topicalized) 之 是り 此り

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese これ (kore, “this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾi/

Pronoun

くり (kuri) 

1. this

References

• “くり【之・是り・此り】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “クリ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).