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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
curi m (uncountable)
- curium
Etymology 2
Verb
curi
- inflection of curar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
cūrī̀ m (possessed form cūrìn)
- ball of food
- verbal noun of cura
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay curi, from Hindi चोरी (corī, “thief”), from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief, robber”) with the root चुर् (cur, “to steal, rob”). Cognate of Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦃ (corah, “thief, bandit; bad person”), Old Javanese corah, cora (“thief, robber”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mencuri
- to steal (to illegally take possession of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of curi (meng-, transitive)
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curi
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Active
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Involuntary
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Passive
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Basic / Imperative
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Emphatic / Jussive
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Active
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mencuri
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dicuri
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curi
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curilah
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Locative
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Causative / Applicative1
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mencurikan
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dicurikan
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curikan
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curikanlah
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Causative
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Active
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Locative
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Causative / Applicative1
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1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
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Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.ri/
- Rhymes: -uri
- Hyphenation: cù‧ri
Verb
curi
- inflection of curare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Malay
Etymology
From Hindi चुराना (curānā).
Verb
curi
- to steal (to illegally take possession of)
Derived terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
curi
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cura (to clean)
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
curi (Cyrillic spelling цури)
- dative/locative singular of cura
Anagrams
Vietnamese
Etymology
Ultimately from New Latin curium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.
Pronunciation
Noun
curi
- curium