kursi

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See also: kursí

Albanian

Noun

kursi

  1. course

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kursi/
  • (Kedayan) IPA(key): /kuusi/
  • Hyphenation: kur‧si

Noun

kursi

  1. Alternative form of kerusi (chair)

Finnish

Verb

kursi

  1. inflection of kursia:
    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

Ido

Noun

kursi

  1. plural of kurso

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kursi (Standard Malay kerusi (chair)), from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Compare to Baba Malay krosi, Javanese ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ (kursi).

Pronunciation

Noun

kursi (plural kursi-kursi, first-person possessive kursiku, second-person possessive kursimu, third-person possessive kursinya)

  1. chair, seat:
    1. an item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
      Synonyms: seliri, bangku, dingklik
    2. (figurative) the seat or office of a person in authority.
      Synonyms: jabatan, kedudukan

Alternative forms

  • korsi (nonstandard)
  • kerusi (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kursi

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ

Latvian

Verb

kursi

  1. second-person singular future indicative of kurt

Maguindanao

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kursi, kerusi, from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈkuɾsi/
  • Rhymes: -uɾsi
  • Syllabification: kur‧si

Noun

kursi (Jawi spelling كُوْرْسِ)

  1. chair; seat

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Doublet of kerusi.

Noun

kursi (informal 1st possessive kursiku, 2nd possessive kursimu, 3rd possessive kursinya)

  1. (education) chair: a distinguished professorship at a university.

Further reading

Somali

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Noun

kursi m

  1. chair

Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkursi/,
  • Rhymes: -ursi
  • Hyphenation: kur‧si

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kursi

  1. A kind of bread traditionally eaten at weddings.
Inflection
Declension of kursi (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative kursi kurzid
genitive kurzi kursijõ, kursii
partitive kursia kursiitõ, kursii
illative kursisõ, kursi kursiisõ
inessive kurziz kursiiz
elative kurzissõ kursiissõ
allative kurzilõ kursiilõ
adessive kurzillõ kursiillõ
ablative kurziltõ kursiiltõ
translative kurzissi kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
Declension of kursi (type VII/nimi, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative kursi kurzõd
genitive kurzõ kursijõ, kursii
partitive kursia kursiitõ, kursii
illative kursõsõ, kursõ kursiisõ
inessive kurzõz kursiiz
elative kurzõssõ kursiissõ
allative kurzõlõ kursiilõ
adessive kurzõllõ kursiillõ
ablative kurzõltõ kursiiltõ
translative kurzõssi kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian курс (kurs).

Noun

kursi

  1. (nautical) course (direction of movement)
Inflection
Declension of kursi (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative kursi kurzid
genitive kurzi kursijõ, kursii
partitive kursia kursiitõ, kursii
illative kursisõ, kursi kursiisõ
inessive kurziz kursiiz
elative kurzissõ kursiissõ
allative kurzilõ kursiilõ
adessive kurzillõ kursiillõ
ablative kurziltõ kursiiltõ
translative kurzissi kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kursi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay kursi, from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Pronunciation

Noun

kursi

  1. a chair

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics