kuri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kuri"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏.

Kuri at Tenryū-ji.

Noun

kuri

1. The kitchen of a Zen monastery.

Etymology 2

From Maori [Term?].

Noun

kuri (plural kuris)

1. An extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand.

   Synonym: Maori dog

Alternative forms

• kurī

See also

• red kuri squash

Anagrams

• ruki

Basque

Noun

kuri

1. dative indefinite of ku

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾi/ [ˈku.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ri

Noun

kúri (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜍᜒ)

1. violence; cruelty

   Synonyms: isog, bangis, ringis

2. grievance

   Synonyms: gabat, abuso

Derived terms

• kakurihan
• makuri

Darkinjung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊɹɪ/, [ɡʊɹɪ]

Noun

kuri

1. man

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin currō; compare Italian correre, French courir. Doublet of kursoro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: ku‧ri

Verb

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

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

     Kriegante, la viroj kuris tien kaj reen.

     Shouting, the men ran back and forth.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     Polemarĥo, la filo de Kefalo, vidis nin de malproksime dum ni iradis hejmen kaj li ordonis al sia sklavo kuri al ni kaj ordoni ke ni atendu. La sklavo kaptis la malantaŭan parton de mia vesto kaj diris, "Polemarĥo ordonas ke vi atendu."

     Polemarchus, the son of Cephalus, saw us from afar while we were going home and he ordered his slave to run to us and order us to wait. The slave caught the back part of my clothing and said "Polemarchus commands you to wait."

     (literally, “Polemarchus, the son of Cephalus, saw us from afar while we went home and he ordered to his slave to run to us and order that we wait. The slave caught the back of my clothing and said "Polemarchus commands that you wait."”)

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

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurja; cognate to Finnish kurja. Possibly related to kura (“left”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kuri (genitive kurja, partitive kurja, comparative kurjem, superlative kõige kurjem)

1. evil
2. sinister

Declension

Declension of kuri (ÕS type 24e/tühi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kuri	kurjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kurja
genitive			kurjade
partitive		kurja	kurje kurjasid
illative		kurja kurjasse	kurjadesse kurjesse
inessive		kurjas	kurjades kurjes
elative		kurjast	kurjadest kurjest
allative		kurjale	kurjadele kurjele
adessive		kurjal	kurjadel kurjel
ablative		kurjalt	kurjadelt kurjelt
translative		kurjaks	kurjadeks kurjeks
terminative		kurjani	kurjadeni
essive		kurjana	kurjadena
abessive		kurjata	kurjadeta
comitative		kurjaga	kurjadega

Derived terms

• hea ja kurja tundmise puu
• kurat
• kuri karjas
• kuri silm
• kuritöö
• kurja juur
• kurja peal väljas
• kurja vanduma
• kurjad keeled
• kurjast olema
• nagu kurjast vaimust vaevatud

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". Cognate with Ingrian kuri and Karelian kuri (both possibly from Finnish).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): 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. (dialectal) canyon

   Synonym: kuru

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
abessive		kuritta	kureitta
instructive		—	kurein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kuri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kurini kurini accusative nom. kurini kurini gen. kurini genitive kurini kurieni partitive kuriani kurejani inessive kurissani kureissani elative kuristani kureistani illative kuriini kureihini adessive kurillani kureillani ablative kuriltani kureiltani allative kurilleni kureilleni essive kurinani kureinani translative kurikseni kureikseni abessive kurittani kureittani instructive — — comitative — kureineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kurisi kurisi accusative nom. kurisi kurisi gen. kurisi genitive kurisi kuriesi partitive kuriasi kurejasi inessive kurissasi kureissasi elative kuristasi kureistasi illative kuriisi kureihisi adessive kurillasi kureillasi ablative kuriltasi kureiltasi allative kurillesi kureillesi essive kurinasi kureinasi translative kuriksesi kureiksesi abessive kurittasi kureittasi instructive — — comitative — kureinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kurimme kurimme accusative nom. kurimme kurimme gen. kurimme genitive kurimme kuriemme partitive kuriamme kurejamme inessive kurissamme kureissamme elative kuristamme kureistamme illative kuriimme kureihimme adessive kurillamme kureillamme ablative kuriltamme kureiltamme allative kurillemme kureillemme essive kurinamme kureinamme translative kuriksemme kureiksemme abessive kurittamme kureittamme instructive — — comitative — kureinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kurinne kurinne accusative nom. kurinne kurinne gen. kurinne genitive kurinne kurienne partitive kurianne kurejanne inessive kurissanne kureissanne elative kuristanne kureistanne illative kuriinne kureihinne adessive kurillanne kureillanne ablative kuriltanne kureiltanne allative kurillenne kureillenne essive kurinanne kureinanne translative kuriksenne kureiksenne abessive kurittanne kureittanne instructive — — comitative — kureinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kurinsa kurinsa accusative nom. kurinsa kurinsa gen. kurinsa genitive kurinsa kuriensa partitive kuriaan kuriansa kurejaan kurejansa inessive kurissaan kurissansa kureissaan kureissansa elative kuristaan kuristansa kureistaan kureistansa illative kuriinsa kureihinsa adessive kurillaan kurillansa kureillaan kureillansa ablative kuriltaan kuriltansa kureiltaan kureiltansa allative kurilleen kurillensa kureilleen kureillensa essive kurinaan kurinansa kureinaan kureinansa translative kurikseen kuriksensa kureikseen kureiksensa abessive kurittaan kurittansa kureittaan kureittansa instructive — — comitative — kureineen kureinensa

Derived terms

• joka kuritta kasvaa, se kunniatta kuolee
• kurillinen
• kuriton
• kurittaa
• pitää kurissa

compounds

• budjettikuri
• hassunkurinen
• hullunkurinen
• ilkikurinen
• itsekuri
• kirkkokuri
• koirankuri
• kotikuri
• koulukuri
• kurinalainen
• kurinpalautus
• kurinpito
• kurinpitäjä
• kurissapito
• liikennekuri
• markkinakuri
• nurinkurinen
• pahankurinen
• puoluekuri
• ryhmäkuri
• sotilaskuri
• sukupuolikuri
• talouskuri
• toverikuri
• työkuri

See also

• kure
• kurimus
• kurikka

Further reading

• “kuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• Riku, kiru, urki

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish kuri.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuriˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuriˑ]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: ku‧ri

Noun

kuri

1. discipline

Declension

Declension of kuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuri	kurit
genitive	kurin	kurriin, kuriloin
partitive	kurria	kurija, kuriloja
illative	kurrii	kurrii, kuriloihe
inessive	kuris	kuriis, kurilois
elative	kurist	kuriist, kuriloist
allative	kurille	kuriille, kuriloille
adessive	kuril	kuriil, kuriloil
ablative	kurilt	kuriilt, kuriloilt
translative	kuriks	kuriiks, kuriloiks
essive	kurinna, kurriin	kuriinna, kuriloinna, kurriin, kuriloin
exessive1)	kurint	kuriint, kuriloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 221

Japanese

Romanization

kuri

1. Rōmaji transcription of くり
2. Rōmaji transcription of クリ

Latvian

Pronoun

kuri m

1. nominative plural of kurš

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊˈr̺ʲɪ]

Pronoun

kuri̇̀

1. nominative feminine singular of kuris

Ngan'gityemerri

Noun

kuri

1. (Ngan'gikurunggurr) water

   Synonym: (Ngan'gimerri) kuru

References

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

Ngarrindjeri

A kuri or river

Noun

kuri

1. neck
2. river
3. voice

Pará Arára

Alternative forms

• kuligi (used when talking to a capuchin monkey)

Noun

kuri

1. bead

References

• 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

Rohingya

Numeral

kuri

1. twenty

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kuri (Cyrillic spelling кури)

1. inflection of kuriti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• akuri

Etymology

From Dutch koelie.

Noun

kuri

1. a coolie

References

• Sordam, Surinaams woordenboek nieuwe spelling, →ISBN, page 174

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