kuri

See also: kūri, kurī, kūrī, kuří, kúrí, and кури

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏.

Noun

kuri

1. The kitchen of a Zen monastery.

Anagrams

• ruki

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Basque

Noun

kuri

1. dative indefinite of ku

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾi/

Noun

kuri

1. violence; cruelty

   Synonyms: isog, bangis, ringis

2. grievance

   Synonym: gabat

Derived terms

• kakurihan
• makuri

 

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Darkinjung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊɹɪ/, [ɡʊɹɪ]

Noun

kuri

1. man

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

 

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Estonian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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/, [ˈkuri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification: 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
instructive		—	kurein
abessive		kuritta	kureitta
comitative		—	kureineen

Possessive forms of kuri (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kurini	kurimme
2nd person	kurisi	kurinne
3rd person	kurinsa

Derived terms

• itsekuri
• joka kuritta kasvaa, se kunniatta kuolee
• 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
2. Rōmaji transcription of クリ

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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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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.

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali

Numeral

kuri

1. 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