muri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muri"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

muri

1. plural of murus

Etymology 2

Noun

muri (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of moori.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 無理.

Noun

muri (uncountable)

1. (business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work processes have not been simplified through standardization.

   Coordinate terms: muda, mura

Anagrams

• Muir, Rumi, rimu

Anuta

Adjective

muri

1. back

Catalan

Verb

muri

1. inflection of murar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *muri, from Proto-Oceanic *muri, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)udi, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)udi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)udəhi.

Adverb

muri

1. behind, after (at the back of)

   e muri ― located behind/in the rear

   ki muri ― backwards

   mai muri ― from behind

   i muri tale ― further behind/to the rear

Noun

muri

1. future, later (the time ahead)

   ena gauna mai muri ― in future/later times

   ena macawa mai muri ― next week (not this current week)

Verb

muri (transitive muria) (intransitive)

1. to follow (to go or come after in physical space)

   O sa liu, au na qai muri yani.

   You go ahead; I will follow.

2. to follow, to pursue, to adhere to [transitive]

   soko vakamuria na baravi ― to sail following the coast

   Au muria na nona ivakavuvuli.

   I follow his/her advice.

Derived terms

• cemuria (“to chase, run after”)
• dau veimurimuri (“weak-willed, imitative”)
• liu-muri (“to deceive, deceiver”, literally “to lead from behind”) (idiom)
• muria mai (“to follow as a result”)
• muriloma-na (“self-willed, insensitive to others”)
• murimuri (“follower, chaser; especially bad”)
• murimuri tagane (woman who pursues men)
• murimuri yalewa (“womaniser, skirt-chaser”)
• vakatotomuria (“to follow (news, team); to mime”)
• veimuri (“to imitate”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “muri”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[3], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 176

French

Participle

muri (feminine murie, masculine plural muris, feminine plural muries)

1. past participle of murir

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese morrer. Cognate with Kabuverdianu móri.

Verb

muri

1. to die

Ido

Noun

muri

1. plural of muro

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuri/ [ˈmu.ri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification: mu‧ri

Noun

muri

1. a shehnai made up bamboo or woods

Further reading

• “muri”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ri/
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: mù‧ri

Noun

muri m

1. plural of muro

Verb

muri

1. inflection of murare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

muri

1. Rōmaji transcription of むり

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.ri]

Noun

mūrī m or f

1. dative singular of mūs (“mouse, rat”)

Noun

mūrī m

1. inflection of mūrus (“wall, city wall”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

References

• "muri", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Makasar

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuri/, [ˈmu.ri]
• Hyphenation: mu‧ri

Root

muri (Lontara spelling ᨆᨘᨑᨗ or 𑻥𑻴𑻭𑻳)

1. precategorial root related to smiling

Derived terms

affixations

• taʼmuri

reduplications

• muri-muri

Etymology 2

From Malay muri (“clarinet”), from Persian موری (muri, “a kind of flute or pipe”).

Noun

muri (Lontara spelling ᨆᨘᨑᨗ or 𑻥𑻴𑻭𑻳, definite muria)

1. (literary, music) a type of clarinet (used exclusively in literary stories translated from Malay)

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 465

Maltese

Participle

muri (feminine murija, plural murijin)

1. past participle of ra
2. past participle of wera

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *muri (“behind, after, following, last”), from Proto-Central Pacific *muri, from Proto-Oceanic *muri, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-udəhi, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-udəhi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-udəhi, prefixed from *udəhi (“last, late, behind, future”). Cognates include Tahitian muri, Tongan mui and Samoan muli. Compare also Fijian muri (“behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuri/ [ˈmʉɾi]

Adverb

muri

1. behind, rear
2. after

i muri, ki muri, nō muri

1. afterwards, later

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “muri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 249
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “muri”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese morrer and Spanish morir and Kabuverdianu móri.

Verb

muri

1. to die

Romanian

Alternative forms

• мури (muri) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. Compare Aromanian mor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈri/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: mu‧ri

Verb

a muri (third-person singular present moare, past participle murit, third-person subjunctive moară) 4th conjugation

1. to die

   Synonyms: deceda, răposa, pieri

   Antonym: trăi

   • 1883, Mihai Eminescu, Odă (în metru antic):

     Nu credeam să-nvăț a muri vrodată; / Pururi tânăr, înfășurat în manta-mi, / Ochii mei nălțam visători la steaua / Singurătății.

     Didn't believe I'd ever learn to die; / Ever young, veiled in my toga, / My dreamy eyes I always raised to the star / Of solitude.

Conjugation

    conjugation of muri (fourth conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a muri
gerund			murind
past participle			murit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mor	mori	moare	murim	muriți	mor
	imperfect	muream	mureai	murea	muream	mureați	mureau
	simple perfect	murii	muriși	muri	murirăm	murirăți	muriră
	pluperfect	murisem	muriseși	murise	muriserăm	muriserăți	muriseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mor	să mori	să moară	să murim	să muriți	să moară
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mori			muriți
	negative		nu muri			nu muriți

Derived terms

• murire
• muritor
• nemuritor

Related terms

• moarte
• mort

Further reading

• “muri”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Tat

Etymology

Possibly from Armenian մորի (mori, “wild strawberry”).

Noun

muri

1. strawbery

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.

Noun

muri (plural miri)

1. tree