ri

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Mandarin Chinese 里 (lǐ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri (plural ris or li)

  1. (Units of measure) Synonym of li as a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
  2. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *(h)eríja- 'of this time, from this time, presently, of now > new, recent', a derivative of Alb. herë '(one) time, hour' etc., which is an old loan-word from Latin hōra 'time, hour' etc.; the Albanian substantive is historically not compatible with a reconstruction Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥wo-, zero-grade of *h₁orwo- (compare Old English earu (“quick”), Tocharian B ārwer (“ready”), Avestan aruuant- (“quick, brave”)), as it has been proposed in the literature. According to R. Matasovic (A grammatical sketch of Albanian for students of Indo-European. Zadar 2018), the etymology of the adjective is controversial and has no accepted source or from substrate.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

i ri m (feminine e re, masculine plural të rinj, feminine plural të reja)

  1. young
    një vajzë e re
    a young girl
  2. new
    filma të rinj
    new movies

References[edit]

Neri, Sergio, Article ri (i), re (e) in: Bardhyl Demiraj, Olav Hackstein, Sergio Neri und Ania Omari. DPEWA, Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen“ (15.-18. Jh.), München 2018-2021 (https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=14385)

Anguthimri[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. (Mpakwithi) excrement

References[edit]

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

Adjective[edit]

ri (feminine raja)

  1. bad

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German rigen (“to put in folds”), from or related to Old Saxon rekkian (“to extend”). Distantly related to Old Norse rekja (“to unfold, unwind”), hence a doublet of række (“to reach”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

  1. baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)

Derived terms[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ri]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: ri

Pronoun[edit]

ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)

  1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
    • 1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎[1] (Usenet):
      Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?
      Why is it important, who they are?
    • 2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio:
      Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu
      A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore
    • 2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:
      Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.
      They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.

Usage notes[edit]

In 1976, the gender-neutral pronoun ri was presented for the first time alongside the pronouns li (he) and ŝi (she). Until about 2010, it remained a seldom used experimental word, but after 2010 its use has increased significantly, especially in youth circles in Western countries. Comparable to English epicene pronouns. Also read about gender reform in Esperanto. Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (neologism, proscribed) ŝli

Holonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

ri (feminine rie, masculine plural ris, feminine plural ries)

  1. past participle of rire

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese rir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ri.

Verb[edit]

ri

  1. to laugh

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Ideophone[edit]

r̆ī̀

  1. people or animals moving as a group

Igbo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (inherent tone): IPA(key): /rí/

Verb[edit]

rí

  1. to eat, to absorb.
    Ha na-eri nri.
    They are eating food.
    • 2019, Bịabụlụ Nsọ nʼIgbo Ndị Ugbu a, Biblica Inc., Luke 24:43:
      O we nara ya, rie n'iru ha.
      He then took it and ate it in front of them.
  2. to acquire.

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ri m

  1. masculine plural of rio

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of り
  2. Rōmaji transcription of リ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ri

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦶ

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese rir.

Verb[edit]

ri

  1. to laugh

Lashi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

ri

  1. Turns the preceding word into an accusative.

References[edit]

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Makasar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ri (Lontara spelling ᨑᨗ)

  1. general preposition (in, at, to etc.)

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ri

  1. Nonstandard spelling of rī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of rì.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nabi[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. woman

References[edit]

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ríða.

Verb[edit]

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle riende)

  1. to ride (an animal, e.g. a horse)

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse hríð.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri f (definite singular ria, indefinite plural rier, definite plural riene)

  1. attack, sudden pain or mood
  2. a short while
  3. period with harsh weather
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ri (present tense rir, past tense rei, past participle ridd or ridt or ride, present participle ridande, imperative ri)

  1. to ride (an animal)
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. thorn
  2. thorny plant
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Javanese: ꦫꦶ (ri)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di. Compare Makasar ri (ᨑᨗ).

Particle[edit]

ri

  1. prepositional particle
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -i

Verb[edit]

ri

  1. inflection of rir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular preterite indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish fri, from Old Irish fri. Cognates include Irish fré and Manx rish.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ri (+ dative)

  1. with, to
  2. against
    ris a' ghaoith ― against the wind
  3. up
    Chaidh iad ris an leathad. ― They went up the hillside.
  4. as (with cho)
    Tha Seòras cho righinn ri ròn. ― George is as tough as nails.
    (literally "George is as tough as a seal.")

Usage notes[edit]

  • This form is used before nouns without the definite article; before the definite article the form ris is used:
    ri cat ― with a cat
    ris a' chat ― with the cat
  • Used before a noun or a verbal noun to mean up to or involved in:
    Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh. ― Those children were up to no good.
    Bha i an urra ris an losgadh anns a' Chròthais beagan bhliadhnachan an dèidh cogadh Iugoslabhach. ― She was responsible for the shooting in Croatia a few years after the Yugoslav War.
  • In the Lewis dialect, ri is used instead of ag or a' before a verbal noun to form present participles:
    Tha mi ri seinn. ― I am singing. (As opposed to Tha mi a' seinn, which has the same meaning.)
  • Followed by a prepositional pronoun takes a passive voice meaning:
    Tha na h-eòin tarraingeach rin amharc. ― The birds are attractive to watch. (literally "to their watching")

Inflection[edit]

Personal inflection of ri
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st rium riumsa
2nd riut riutsa
3rd m ris ris-san
3rd f rithe rithese
Plural 1st rinn rinne
2nd ribh ribhse
3rd riutha riuthasan

Derived terms[edit]

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ri

  1. Romanization of 𒊑 (ri)

Tunica[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. house, home, dwelling
  2. building
  3. nest, room

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. (also spelled/pronounced di) a bird of the genus (Lonchura); a munia

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

ri

  1. (Central Vietnam) like this

Welsh[edit]

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. Soft mutation of rhi.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhi ri unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɾí/

Noun[edit]

rí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *lí, cognate with Igala lí

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɾí/

Verb[edit]

rí

  1. (transitive) to see
  2. (intransitive) to look like
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rì

  1. (intransitive) to sink, to drown
  2. (transitive) to sink

Verb[edit]

ri

  1. Alternative form of rì (“to sink”) used before object nouns

Zazaki[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ri

Noun[edit]

ri

  1. face
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