garri

See also: Garri, garrí, and garrì

English

Garri flour

Alternative forms

• gali, gari, garry

Etymology

From Yoruba gàrí, from Hausa gā̀rī.

Noun

garri (uncountable)

1. A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers.
   • 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 84:

     They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri.

Derived terms

• garrification

See also

• eba

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡari/ [ɡa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari, -i
• Hyphenation: ga‧rri

Etymology 1

Noun

garri inan

1. remorse

Declension

Declension of garri (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	garri	garria	garriak	garriok
ergative	garrik	garriak	garriek	garriok
dative	garriri	garriari	garriei	garrioi
genitive	garriren	garriaren	garrien	garrion
comitative	garrirekin	garriarekin	garriekin	garriokin
causative	garrirengatik	garriarengatik	garriengatik	garriongatik
benefactive	garrirentzat	garriarentzat	garrientzat	garriontzat
instrumental	garriz	garriaz	garriez	garriotaz
inessive	garritan	garrian	garrietan	garriotan
locative	garritako	garriko	garrietako	garriotako
allative	garritara	garrira	garrietara	garriotara
terminative	garritaraino	garriraino	garrietaraino	garriotaraino
directive	garritarantz	garrirantz	garrietarantz	garriotarantz
destinative	garritarako	garrirako	garrietarako	garriotarako
ablative	garritatik	garritik	garrietatik	garriotatik
partitive	garririk	—	—	—
prolative	garritzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

Compare txarri (from txerri) and barri (from berri).

Noun

garri inan

1. Biscayan form of gerri (“waist, trunk, centre”)

Derived terms

• garri-buelta (“waist circumference”)
• garrialde (“waistline”)
• garriko (“belt”) (see there for further derivations)
• garrikotu (“to adjust the clothing”)

Further reading

• “garri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “garri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Verb

garri

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of garrir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

garrī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of garriō

Portuguese

Verb

garri

1. inflection of garrir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative