kari

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kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)

1. barbed arrow (weapon used for hunting)^[1]

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

kari

1. Sunday

   Synonym: dimansi

kari

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

kari

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

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

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

kari

1. curry

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

karí

1. Alternative form of kiri (“this near me/us”)

• karí

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

• IPA^(key):

kari n (indeclinable)

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

• “kari”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “kari”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kari”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

kari (genitive karja, partitive karja)

1. cattle
2. herd, flock

• karihiir (“shrew”)

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

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

1. reef

kari

1. scrape

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

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

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

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

• “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

• Irak, arki, raki

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

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

kari (not comparable)

1. faculty (of or relating to faculty)

   kari személyzet ― faculty members

2. of arm

   kari véna ― vein of the arm

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

kari (plural karik)

1. (informal) Christmas

   Synonym: karácsony

• 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

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From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

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

kari

1. curry
   1. one of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
   2. a spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.

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

kari

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

kari

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

• 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.

kari class 12 (plural tũri)

1. some species of the family Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla^[1])^[2]

      Synonym: mũcũthi

   2. Rourea thomsonii^[2]

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

kari

1. water buffalo

• 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

kari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of karš

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

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

kari

1. to dig

From Proto-Polynesian from Proto-Oceanic *kali (compare with Hawaiian ʻali) ~ *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali (compare with Malay gali).^[2][3] Doublet of keri.

kari

1. to dig

• “kari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

kari

1. curry

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

kari

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

     hoṭṭo kari

     come outside

From the name Kari.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kari n

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

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

kari

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

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

kari

1. curry

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

From English call.

kari

1. to call
   • 1959, “God zij met ons Suriname”, Henri Frans de Ziel, Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (lyrics), Johannes Corstianus de Puy (music) (overall work in Dutch and Sranan Tongo):

     Sranangron e kari un'

     Suriname is calling us

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

kari

1. invitation, summons
2. phone number

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: ka‧ri

kari (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. curry

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧ri

karí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

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

• “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

• Irak

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

kari (definite accusative kariyi, plural kariler)

1. (dated) reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

• 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

kari

1. grog, alcohol

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

• kàíbi
• kàbí

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.

IPA^(key): /kà.ɾí/

kàrí

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

• kàríbi (“where”)
• kàrìgbì (“when”)

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?