kari

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Noun

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

Abinomn

Etymology

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Noun

kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)

1. barbed arrow (weapon used for hunting)

References

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

kari

1. Sunday

   Synonym: dimansi

Etymology 2

Verb

kari

1. (transitive) to break
2. to pick, harvest (a crop)

Basque

Noun

kari

1. dative indefinite of ka
2. dative singular of ka

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kari/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kari

1. curry

Czech

Alternative forms

• karí

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

kari n (indeclinable)

1. curry (mixture of ground spices)
2. curry (dish)

Further reading

• kari in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• kari in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kari in Internetová jazyková příručka

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *karja, which is likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz. Cognate with Finnish karja.

Noun

kari (genitive karja, partitive karja)

1. cattle
2. herd, flock

Declension

Derived terms

• karihiir (“shrew”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kari, borrowed from late Proto-Norse (*skarj(a)-), from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Cognate with Finnish kari.

Noun

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

1. reef

Inflection

Fijian

Verb

kari

1. scrape

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kari (compare Estonian kari), borrowed from late Proto-Norse (*skarj(a)-) (compare Swedish skär, English skerry), from Proto-Germanic *skarją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ri

Noun

kari

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water or just underwater)
2. skerry (small rocky island)

   Synonym: luoto

3. ground (bottom of a body of water whenever it produces a navigational hazard)

   ajaa karille

   to run aground

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• karikko
• karilla (“aground”)
• karille (“(into being) aground”)
• kariutua

Further reading

• “kari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Irak, arki, raki

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

Etymology 1

From kar (“faculty; arm”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

kari (not comparable)

1. faculty (of or relating to faculty)

   kari személyzet ― faculty members

2. of arm

   kari véna ― vein of the arm

Declension

Etymology 2

Clipping and -i diminutive of karácsony (“Christmas”).

Noun

kari (plural karik)

1. (informal) Christmas

   Synonym: karácsony

Declension

Further reading

• kari in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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kari

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Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kari (first-person possessive kariku, second-person possessive karimu, third-person possessive karinya)

1. curry

Further reading

• “kari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kari

1. Rōmaji transcription of かり
2. Rōmaji transcription of カリ

Kaurna

Noun

kari

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàɾì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

Noun

kari class 12 (plural tũri)

1. some species of the family Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla)

      Synonym: mũcũthi

   2. Rourea thomsonii

References

Laboya

Etymology

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

Noun

kari

1. water buffalo

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kari”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 46

Latvian

Noun

kari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of karš

Lindu

Noun

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

Mansaka

Etymology

From kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Verb

kari

1. to dig

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Northern Ohlone

Adverb

kari

1. out, outside
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:

     hoṭṭo kari

     come outside

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the name Kari.

Noun

kari f (definite singular karia, indefinite plural karier, definite plural kariene)

1. a crow (black bird of the genus Corvus)
2. (in compounds)
   1. used in calendar terms

      ‎kari + ‎-mess → ‎karimess

   2. used as a prefix, condescendingly to a woman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kari n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kar

References

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

kari

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of karoti (“to do”)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English call.

Verb

kari

1. to call
2. to list, to mention, to name one by one, to enumerate

Noun

kari

1. invitation, summons
2. phone number

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). Doublet of karí (“cafeteria food”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/,

Noun

kari (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. curry

Etymology 2

From Malay kari, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). Doublet of kari (“curry”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/,

Noun

karí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. any ready-cooked dish served in a restaurant or eatery

Derived terms

References

• “kari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 79
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاری (kari), from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ), active participle of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read”).

Noun

kari (definite accusative kariyi, plural kariler)

1. (dated) reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Yawuru

Noun

kari

1. grog, alcohol

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• kàíbi
• kàbí

Etymology

Possibly from kí (“let”) +‎ à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rí (“to see”), literally “let us see; let us know”. While it is an interrogative marker (see kàríbi (“where”) and kàrìgbì (“when”), it also may be used as a synonym to kàríbi or kàbí. Those in the current Nigerian state of Ekiti may use kàbí or ubi sí, in addition to kàríbi. In the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, they mainly use kàríbi, in addition to kàí or kàbí. All these terms are synonymous and can generally used by any Ekiti speaker regardless of subdialect. The term kàrí is also used in Ijesha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kà.ɾí/

Particle

kàrí

1. (Ekiti) Used to make an interrogative question regarding place or time.

Derived terms

• kàríbi (“where”)
• kàrìgbì (“when”)

Adverb

kàrí

1. (interrogative, Ekiti) Alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)

   Synonyms: kàríbi, kàbí, ubi sí

   kàrí ọ

   where are you?

2. (interrogative, Ijesha) where

   kàrí ọ rán

   where are you?