kiri

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Noun

kirí

1. (medicine) A sore which forms on the upper lip beneath the nose.

Verb

kíri

1. To shake one's head (to express disapproval or denial).

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kirja. Cognate with Finnish kirja and Votic tširjõ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kiri (genitive kirja, partitive kirja)

1. writing
2. letter (message)
3. font, script
4. pattern (decorative, e.g., knitted, embroidered, or carved into wood)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kiri”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kiri”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kiri”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kiri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably originally a back-formation from kiristää; compare English tighten the gap for the semantic development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/,
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧ri

Noun

kiri

1. spurt (a sudden but not prolonged action, especially a brief increase in speed of an ongoing action)

   Hän aloitti kirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.

   He started his spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.

   Kiinan taloudellinen kiri on ollut nopea.

   The Chinese economic spurt has been quick.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kiire
• kiiriä

Further reading

• “kiri”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/, (indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiriˣ/, (imperative, connegative)
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧ri

Verb

kiri

1. inflection of kiriä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• riki

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri (compare Malay kiri), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

kiri

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
2. (politics) left-wing

   Melawan kaum kiri bisa dimulai hari ini juga!

   You can start fighting left-wingers now!

Antonyms

• kanan

Japanese

Romanization

kiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of きり
2. Rōmaji transcription of キリ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi, a prefixed form of *wiʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiri/
• Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

Adjective

kiri (Jawi spelling کيري)

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

Antonyms

• kanan

Descendants

• "kiri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “kiri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ). Doublet of kera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.rɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪrɪ

Noun

kiri m

1. verbal noun of kera: renting

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kili (compare with Hawaiian ʻili), from Proto-Oceanic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (compare with Malay kulit), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind”).

Noun

kiri

1. (anatomy) skin
2. peel, bark, rind
3. hide, leather
4. surface

References

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

Rapa Nui

Noun

kiri

1. skin
2. bark (of a tree)

Derived terms

• kiri vaꞌe

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English kill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ri/

Verb

kiri

1. (transitive) To kill, to murder.
2. (transitive) To end, to shut down.

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic .

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-kiri (infinitive kukiri)

1. to accept, admit, acknowledge, recognise

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kiria
  • Causative: -kirisha
  • Passive: -kiriwa
  • Reciprocal: -kiriana
  • Stative: -kirika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukiri (“acceptance, acknowledgement”)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɾi/,
• Hyphenation: ki‧ri

Adjective

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirtatious; coquettish (of women)

   Synonyms: malimbang, mapanlimbang, landi, malandi, talandi, hitad

2. libidinous; lascivious (of women)

   Synonyms: landi, talandi, kirimpot, hitad, handak, handarak, balihanda, libog, malibog

Noun

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirt; coquette

   Synonyms: haliparot, landi, alembong

2. siren (women who lures, tempts, or entices)