See also: Hori, Hóri, hōri, Hōri, hoři, and hoří

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Maori Hōri (George). Doublet of George.

Noun edit

hori (plural horis)

  1. (New Zealand, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Maori.

Usage notes edit

May be pejorative when used by non-Maoris.

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoɾi/ [ho.ɾi]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /oɾi/ [o.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -oɾi
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ri

Etymology 1 edit

Unclear, from Proto-Basque *(h)ori. Possibly contains the adjectival suffix -i, while the first element has been interpreted as (h)or (dog), thus literally meaning “the color of dogs” or “tawny”.[1][2][3][4]

Adjective edit

hori (comparative horiago, superlative horien, excessive horiegi)

  1. yellow
  2. (journalism) yellow, sensationalist
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

hori inan

  1. yellow
Declension edit

See also edit

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     zuri      gris      beltz
             gorri              laranja; marroi              hori
                          berde             
                          oztin              urdin
             ubel              more              arrosa

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Basque *(h)ori. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)oR-, with a trill.

Determiner edit

hori (demonstrative)

  1. that
Declension edit

Pronoun edit

hori (demonstrative)

  1. that one
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ hori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  2. ^ hori” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  3. ^ Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) “hori”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 2 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 126
  4. ^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2002) “Etimologiae (proto)uasconicae LXV”, in Seminario de Filología Vasca «Julio de Urquijo»[1], page 434

Further reading edit

  • "hori" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • hori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 182

Ido edit

Noun edit

hori

  1. plural of horo

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

hori

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほり

Latin edit

Verb edit

horī

  1. present active infinitive of horior

References edit

  • hori”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Livvi edit

 
Hori.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hori

  1. clothes moth

Declension edit

Declension of hori (Type 14/hori, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hori horit
genitive horin horiloin
partitive horii horiloi
illative horih horiloih
inessive horis horilois
elative horispäi horiloispäi
allative horile horiloile
adessive horil horiloil
ablative horilpäi horiloilpäi
translative horikse horiloikse
essive horinnu horiloinnu
abessive horittah horiloittah
comitative horinke horiloinke
instructive horiloin
prolative horiči

References edit

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 61

Middle English edit

Adjective edit

hori

  1. Alternative form of hory

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From horă.

Verb edit

a hori (third-person singular present horește, past participle horit) 4th conj.

  1. to dance

Conjugation edit

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English hold.

Verb edit

hori

  1. to hold
  2. to hold onto, to retain, to catch
    Hori a f’furuman!Hold the thief!
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to keep (in a particular state)

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Omani Arabic هوري (hōrī), from an Indian source, likely Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī) or Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī).[1]

Noun edit

hori (ma class, plural mahori)

  1. a kind of canoe

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr).

Noun edit

hori (n class, plural hori)

  1. creek, inlet

References edit

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[2], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10:‘Canoe’, Sw hori. From OAr hōri (R: 74), from an Indian language; cf. Gujarati hoḍī ~ hoṛī.