kiri
Bikol Central[edit]
Noun[edit]
kirí
Verb[edit]
kíri
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kirja. Cognate with Finnish kirja and Votic tširjõ.
Noun[edit]
kiri (genitive kirja, partitive kirja)
- writing
- letter (message)
- font, script
- pattern (decorative, e.g., knitted, embroidered, or carved into wood)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kiri | kirjad |
genitive | kirja | kirjade |
partitive | kirja | kirjasid / kirju |
illative | kirjasse / kirja | kirjadesse / kirjusse |
inessive | kirjas | kirjades / kirjus |
elative | kirjast | kirjadest / kirjust |
allative | kirjale | kirjadele / kirjule |
adessive | kirjal | kirjadel / kirjul |
ablative | kirjalt | kirjadelt / kirjult |
translative | kirjaks | kirjadeks / kirjuks |
terminative | kirjani | kirjadeni |
essive | kirjana | kirjadena |
abessive | kirjata | kirjadeta |
comitative | kirjaga | kirjadega |
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably originally a back-formation from kiristää; compare English tighten the gap for the semantic development.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiri
- spurt (a sudden but not prolonged action, especially a brief increase in speed of an ongoing action)
- Hän aloitti kirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.
- He started his spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.
- Kiinan taloudellinen kiri on ollut nopea.
- The Chinese economic spurt has been quick.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kiri | kirit | ||
genitive | kirin | kirien | ||
partitive | kiriä | kirejä | ||
illative | kiriin | kireihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kiri | kirit | ||
accusative | nom. | kiri | kirit | |
gen. | kirin | |||
genitive | kirin | kirien | ||
partitive | kiriä | kirejä | ||
inessive | kirissä | kireissä | ||
elative | kiristä | kireistä | ||
illative | kiriin | kireihin | ||
adessive | kirillä | kireillä | ||
ablative | kiriltä | kireiltä | ||
allative | kirille | kireille | ||
essive | kirinä | kireinä | ||
translative | kiriksi | kireiksi | ||
instructive | — | kirein | ||
abessive | kirittä | kireittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "kiri" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkiri/, [ˈk̟iri] (indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈkiriˣ/, [ˈk̟iri(ʔ)] (imperative, connegative)
- Rhymes: -iri
- Syllabification(key): ki‧ri
Verb[edit]
kiri
- inflection of kiriä:
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri (compare Malay kiri), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.
Adjective[edit]
kiri
- left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
Antonyms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
kiri
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi, a prefixed form of *wiʀi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kiri (Jawi spelling کيري)
- left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
Antonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- "kiri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “kiri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese[edit]
Root |
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k-r-j |
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Etymology[edit]
From Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ). Doublet of kera.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiri m
- verbal noun of kera: renting
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *kili (compare with Hawaiian ʻili), from Proto-Oceanic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (compare with Malay kulit), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind”).
Noun[edit]
kiri
References[edit]
- “kiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Rapa Nui[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiri
Derived terms[edit]
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kiri
- (transitive) To kill, to murder.
- (transitive) To end, to shut down.
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb[edit]
-kiri (infinitive kukiri)
- to accept, admit, acknowledge, recognise
Conjugation[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
- Nominal derivations:
- ukiri (“acceptance, acknowledgement”)
Tagalog[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kirî
- lascivious; flirtatious (said of women)
Synonyms[edit]
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- bcl:Medicine
- Bikol Central verbs
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian padi-type nominals
- Finnish back-formations
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iri
- Rhymes:Finnish/iri/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish verb forms
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian adjectives
- id:Directions
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/iri
- Rhymes:Malay/ri
- Rhymes:Malay/i
- Malay lemmas
- Malay adjectives
- ms:Directions
- Maltese terms belonging to the root k-r-j
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪrɪ
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪrɪ/2 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese verbal nouns
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Anatomy
- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui nouns
- Sranan Tongo terms derived from English
- Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sranan Tongo lemmas
- Sranan Tongo verbs
- Sranan Tongo transitive verbs
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ق ر ر
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs
- Swahili verbs in the Arabic conjugation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog adjectives