kari

See also: karı, kârı, karí, kaŗi, kāri, Kari, and Kári

'Are'are

Noun

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

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Abinomn

Etymology

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Noun

kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)

1. barbed arrow (weapon used for hunting)

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Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

kari

1. Sunday

   Synonym: dimansi

Etymology 2

Verb

kari

1. (transitive) to break
2. to pick, harvest (a crop)

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Basque

Noun

kari

1. dative indefinite of ka
2. dative singular of ka

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kari/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kari

1. curry

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Czech

Alternative forms

• karí

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarɪ/

Noun

kari n

1. curry (mixture of ground spices)
2. curry (dish)

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• kari in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• kari in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *karja, which is likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz. Cognate with Finnish karja.

Noun

kari (genitive karja, partitive karja)

1. cattle
2. herd, flock

Inflection

Declension of kari (type padi)

	singular	plural
nominative	kari	karjad
genitive	karja	karjade
partitive	karja	karjasid / karju
illative	karjasse / karja	karjadesse / karjusse
inessive	karjas	karjades / karjus
elative	karjast	karjadest / karjust
allative	karjale	karjadele / karjule
adessive	karjal	karjadel / karjul
ablative	karjalt	karjadelt / karjult
translative	karjaks	karjadeks / karjuks
terminative	karjani	karjadeni
essive	karjana	karjadena
abessive	karjata	karjadeta
comitative	karjaga	karjadega

Derived terms

• karihiir (“shrew”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kari, borrowed from late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skarj(a)-), from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Cognate with Finnish kari.

Noun

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

1. reef

Inflection

Inflection of kari (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kari	karid
accusative	kari	karid
genitive	kari	karide
partitive	kari	karisid
illative	karri karisse	karidesse
inessive	karis	karides
elative	karist	karidest
allative	karile	karidele
adessive	karil	karidel
ablative	karilt	karidelt
translative	kariks	karideks
terminative	karini	karideni
essive	karina	karidena
abessive	karita	karideta
comitative	kariga	karidega

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Fijian

Verb

kari

1. scrape

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kari, borrowed from late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skarj(a)-), from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Cognates include Estonian kari as well as English skerry, Swedish skär).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑri/, [ˈkɑri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ri

Noun

kari

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water)
2. skerry (small rocky island)

   Synonym: luoto

3. ground (bottom of a body of water whenever it produces a navigational hazard)

   ajaa karille

   to run aground

Declension

Inflection of kari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kari	karit
genitive		karin	karien
partitive		karia	kareja
illative		kariin	kareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kari	karit
accusative	nom.	kari	karit
	gen.	karin
genitive		karin	karien
partitive		karia	kareja
inessive		karissa	kareissa
elative		karista	kareista
illative		kariin	kareihin
adessive		karilla	kareilla
ablative		karilta	kareilta
allative		karille	kareille
essive		karina	kareina
translative		kariksi	kareiksi
instructive		—	karein
abessive		karitta	kareitta
comitative		—	kareineen

Possessive forms of kari (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	karini	karimme
2nd person	karisi	karinne
3rd person	karinsa

Related terms

• karikko
• karilla (“aground”)
• karille (“(into being) aground”)
• kariutua

Anagrams

• Irak, arki, raki

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒri]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

Etymology 1

From kar (“faculty; arm”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

kari (not comparable)

1. faculty (of or relating to faculty)

   kari személyzet ― faculty members

2. of arm

   kari véna ― vein of the arm

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kari	kariak
accusative	karit	kariakat
dative	karinak	kariaknak
instrumental	karival	kariakkal
causal-final	kariért	kariakért
translative	karivá	kariakká
terminative	kariig	kariakig
essive-formal	kariként	kariakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kariban	kariakban
superessive	karin	kariakon
adessive	karinál	kariaknál
illative	kariba	kariakba
sublative	karira	kariakra
allative	karihoz	kariakhoz
elative	kariból	kariakból
delative	kariról	kariakról
ablative	karitól	kariaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karié	kariaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kariéi	kariakéi

Etymology 2

Clipping and -i diminutive of karácsony (“Christmas”).

Noun

kari (plural karik)

1. (informal) Christmas

   Synonym: karácsony

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kari	karik
accusative	karit	karikat
dative	karinak	kariknak
instrumental	karival	karikkal
causal-final	kariért	karikért
translative	karivá	karikká
terminative	kariig	karikig
essive-formal	kariként	karikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kariban	karikban
superessive	karin	karikon
adessive	karinál	kariknál
illative	kariba	karikba
sublative	karira	karikra
allative	karihoz	karikhoz
elative	kariból	karikból
delative	kariról	karikról
ablative	karitól	kariktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karié	kariké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kariéi	karikéi

Possessive forms of kari
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karim	karijaim
2nd person sing.	karid	karijaid
3rd person sing.	karija	karijai
1st person plural	karink	karijaink
2nd person plural	karitok	karijaitok
3rd person plural	karijuk	karijaik

Further reading

• kari in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kari (first-person possessive kariku, second-person possessive karimu, third-person possessive karinya)

1. curry

Further reading

• “kari” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

kari

1. Rōmaji transcription of かり
2. Rōmaji transcription of カリ

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Kaurna

Noun

kari

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàɾì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

Noun

kari class 12 (plural tũri)

1. some species of the family Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla)

      Synonym: mũcũthi

   2. Rourea thomsonii

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Laboya

kari

Etymology

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

Noun

kari

1. water buffalo

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “kari”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 46

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Latvian

Noun

kari m

1. nominative plural form of karš
2. vocative plural form of karš

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Lindu

Noun

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

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Mansaka

Etymology

From kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Verb

kari

1. to dig

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the name Kari.

Noun

kari f (definite singular karia, indefinite plural karier, definite plural kariene)

1. a crow (black bird of the genus Corvus)
2. (in compounds)
   1. used in calendar terms

      ‎kari + ‎-mess → ‎karimess

   2. used as a prefix, condescendingly to a woman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kari n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kar

References

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• करि (Devanagari script)
• করি (Bengali script)
• කරි (Sinhalese script)
• ကရိ or ၵရိ (Burmese script)
• กริ or กะริ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩁᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຣິ or ກະຣິ (Lao script)
• ករិ (Khmer script)

Verb

kari

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of karoti (“to do”)

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English call.

Verb

kari

1. to call
2. to list, to mention, to name one by one, to enumerate

Noun

kari

1. invitation, summons
2. phone number

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). Doublet of karí (“cafeteria food”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/, [ˈka.ɾɪ]

Noun

kari (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. curry

Etymology 2

From Malay kari, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). Doublet of kari (“curry”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/, [kɐˈɾi]

Noun

karí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. any ready-cooked dish served in a restaurant or eatery

Derived terms

• ikari
• kare-kare
• karihan
• karinderya
• kumari
• magkakari
• magkari

 

References

• “kari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: I - l - Part 4‎^[1], page 79
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاری‎ (kari), from Arabic قَارِئ‎‎ (qāriʾ), active participle of قَرَأَ‎ (qaraʾa, “to read”).

Noun

kari (definite accusative karii, plural kariler) (obsolete)

1. reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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Yawuru

Noun

kari

1. grog, alcohol

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

• kàíbi
• kàbí

Etymology

Possibly from kí (“let”) +‎ à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rí (“to see”), literally “let us see; let us know”. While it is a interrogative marker (see kàríbi (“where”) and kàrìgbì (“when”), it also may be used as a synonym to kàríbi or kàbí. Those in the current Nigerian state of Ekiti may use kàbí or ubi sí, in addition to kàríbi. In the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, they mainly use kàríbi, in addition to kàí or kàbí. All these terms are synonymous and can generally used by any Ekiti speaker regardless of subdialect. The term kàrí is also used in Ijesha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kà.ɾí/

Particle

kàrí

1. (Ekiti) Used to make an interrogative question regarding place or time.

Derived terms

• kàríbi (“where”)
• kàrìgbì (“when”)

Adverb

kàrí

1. (interrogative, Ekiti) Alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)

   Synonyms: kàríbi, kàbí, ubi sí

   kàrí ọ

   where are you?

2. (interrogative, Ijesha) where

   kàrí ọ rán

   where are you?