kuori

From Proto-Finnic *koori (compare Estonian koor, Livonian kūoŕ, Veps kor'), from Proto-Uralic *kare (compare Erzya and Moksha карь (kaŕ, “bast shoe”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/,
• Rhymes: -uori
• Hyphenation^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. skin; the outer (protective) layer of something
   1. skin (of an onion, potato, sausage, cooked milk etc.)

      perunan kuori ― potato skin

   2. peel (of a fruit)

      banaanin kuori (sometimes in the plural) ― banana peel

   3. husk, hull, cod (of a seed, corn ear etc.)

      riisin kuori ― rice hull / rice husk

   4. bark (of a tree)

      männyn kuori ― pine bark

   5. shell (of an egg, snail, nut etc.)

      kananmunan kuori ― (chicken) egg shell

   6. crust (of the Earth; of bread)

      leivän kuori ― bread crust

      piirakan kuori ― pie crust

      maankuori ― earth's crust

   7. rind (of fruit or cheese)

      appelsiinin kuori ― orange rind

   8. test (of a marine invertebrate, e.g. sea urchin)

      merisiilin kuori ― sea urchin test

2. Ellipsis of kirjekuori (“envelope (paper or cardboard wrapper)”).
3. case, casing, cover (of a lock or some-such)
4. (mental) shell (psychological barrier to social interaction)
5. (physics, chemistry) shell (such as electron shell)
6. (anatomy) cortex (outer layer of an internal organ or body structure)

• “1. kuori”, 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

Borrowed from Old Swedish kor, through Old Norse kórr from Latin chorus. Doublet of kuoro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/,
• Rhymes: -uori
• Hyphenation^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. apse, chancel

• “2. kuori”, 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/,
• Rhymes: -uori
• Hyphenation^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. third-person singular past indicative of kuoria

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯riˣ/,
• Rhymes: -uori
• Hyphenation^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. inflection of kuoria:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• koiru, kouri, kuroi, roiku, ruoki

kuori (genitive , partitive )

1. bark