kuri

See also: kūri, kurī, and kūrī

English

Etymology

Japanese 庫裏

Noun

kuri

1. The kitchen of a Zen monastery.

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Darkinjung

Noun

kuri

1. man

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French courir and Latin currō (“run”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ri
• Rhymes: -uri

Verb

kuri (present kuras, past kuris, future kuros, conditional kurus, volitive kuru)

1. (intransitive) to run
   • 1908, Adolf Krafft (translator), Robinsono Kruso, Part IV.

     Kriegante, la viroj kuris tien kaj reen.

     Shouting, the men ran back and forth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kuri present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense kuras kuris kuros active participle kuranta kurantaj kurinta kurintaj kuronta kurontaj acc. kurantan kurantajn kurintan kurintajn kurontan kurontajn nominal active participle kuranto kurantoj kurinto kurintoj kuronto kurontoj acc. kuranton kurantojn kurinton kurintojn kuronton kurontojn adverbial active participle kurante kurinte kuronte infinitive kuri imperative kuru conditional kurus

Derived terms

• alkuri (“to run toward”)
• antaŭkuri (“to run ahead (of)”)
• antaŭenkuri (“to run forward”)
• forkuri (“to run away”)
• glitkuri (“to skate”)
• kuregi (“to sprint; to race”)
• skikuri (“to ski”)

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Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kurja. Possibly derived from kura (“left”).

Adjective

kuri (genitive kurja, partitive kurja)

1. evil
2. sinister

Inflection

Declension of kuri (type tühi)

	singular	plural
nominative	kuri	kurjad
genitive	kurja	kurjade
partitive	kurja	kurjasid / kurje
illative	kurjasse / kurja	kurjadesse / kurjesse
inessive	kurjas	kurjades
elative	kurjast	kurjadest
allative	kurjale	kurjadele
adessive	kurjal	kurjadel
ablative	kurjalt	kurjadelt
translative	kurjaks	kurjadeks
terminative	kurjani	kurjadeni
essive	kurjana	kurjadena
abessive	kurjata	kurjadeta
comitative	kurjaga	kurjadega

Derived terms

• kurat
• kuritöö

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Finnish

Etymology

Unclear. A dialectal meaning (Southwestern and Satakunta) "narrow passage" may suggest origin as a parallel formation of kuru (“gorge”), with further semantic development being > "route" > "way" > "habit" > "discipline".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: ku‧ri

Noun

kuri

1. discipline (enforced compliance or control)
2. discipline (systematic method of obtaining obedience)
3. discipline (state of order based on submission to authority)
4. (law) short for kuritushuone (type of prison sentence)
5. canyon (dialectal)

Declension

Inflection of kuri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kuri	kurit
genitive		kurin	kurien
partitive		kuria	kureja
illative		kuriin	kureihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kuri	kurit
accusative	nom.	kuri	kurit
	gen.	kurin
genitive		kurin	kurien
partitive		kuria	kureja
inessive		kurissa	kureissa
elative		kurista	kureista
illative		kuriin	kureihin
adessive		kurilla	kureilla
ablative		kurilta	kureilta
allative		kurille	kureille
essive		kurina	kureina
translative		kuriksi	kureiksi
instructive		—	kurein
abessive		kuritta	kureitta
comitative		—	kureineen

Derived terms

• itsekuri
• kurinalainen
• kurinpito

• kuriton
• kurittaa

• kurittomuus
• kuritus
• kuritushuone

• pitää kurissa
• toverikuri

See also

• kure
• kurimus
• kurikka

Anagrams

• Riku, kiru, urki

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Japanese

Romanization

kuri

1. Rōmaji transcription of くり

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Latvian

Pronoun

kuri m

1. nominative plural form of kurš

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Ngan'gityemerri

Noun

kuri

1. (Ngan'gikurunggurr) water

Synonyms

• kuru (Ngan'gimerri)

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970) (quoted online in ASJP)

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Ngarrindjeri

A kuri or river

Noun

kuri

1. neck
2. river
3. voice

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali

Numeral

kuri

1. (cardinal) twenty

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Whitesands

Noun

kuri

1. dog

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 83