-ri
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably conflated from multiple sources:
- borrowed from Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”), from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius; particularly as part of other loanwords which have then influenced the use of the suffix
- -ra, -r + -i
SuffixEdit
-ri
- Used to create names of occupations from nouns or verbs.
- kartta (“map”) + -ri → kartturi (“navigator”)
- vaate (“garment”) + -ri → vaatturi (“tailor”)
- duunata (“to work”) + -ri → duunari (“worker”)
- puutarha (“garden”) + -ri → puutarhuri (“gardener”)
- urut (“organ”) + -ri → urkuri (“organist”)
- saha (“saw, sawmill”) + -ri → sahuri (“sawmill operator”)
- rokki (“rock music”) + -ri → rokkari (“rocker”)
- (colloquial) General denominal noun suffix.
- (colloquial) Denominal suffix used to clip nouns.
- ostoskeskus + -ri → ostari
- ryynimakkara + -ri → ryynäri
- poskisauhu + -ri → poskari
- (slang) Used to create terms meaning "supporter of something"
- kommunisti (“communist”) + -ri → kommari
- sosiaalidemokraatti (“social democrat”) + -ri → demari
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of -ri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ri | -rit | |
| genitive | -rin | -rien -reiden -reitten | |
| partitive | -ria | -reita -reja | |
| illative | -riin | -reihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -ri | -rit | |
| accusative | nom. | -ri | -rit |
| gen. | -rin | ||
| genitive | -rin | -rien -reiden -reitten | |
| partitive | -ria | -reita -reja | |
| inessive | -rissa | -reissa | |
| elative | -rista | -reista | |
| illative | -riin | -reihin | |
| adessive | -rilla | -reilla | |
| ablative | -rilta | -reilta | |
| allative | -rille | -reille | |
| essive | -rina | -reina | |
| translative | -riksi | -reiksi | |
| instructive | — | -rein | |
| abessive | -ritta | -reitta | |
| comitative | — | -reineen | |
| Possessive forms of -ri (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -rini | -rimme |
| 2nd person | -risi | -rinne |
| 3rd person | -rinsa | |
Derived termsEdit
IgboEdit
SuffixEdit
-ri
- Owerri and Umuahia standard spelling of -li.
JamamadíEdit
SuffixEdit
-ri m (feminine -ro)
- (evidential) identifies an action as certain and having occurred in the near past
ReferencesEdit
- 2008 (originally 1976), Robert Campbell, Verification in Jamamadi Quotations, Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, page 4.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
-ri
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
-ri
- Alternative form of -erie
PurepechaEdit
SuffixEdit
-ri
- genitive suffix
ReferencesEdit
- Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998), section on P'urhépecha
QuechuaEdit
SuffixEdit
-ri
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
RomanianEdit
SuffixEdit
-ri