guri

See also: Guri, gurí, gurî, and gúṛi

Albanian

Noun

guri

  1. inflection of gur:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite dative/genitive/ablative singular

Atong (India)

Etymology

Cognate with Garo guri (“fog, mist”).

Noun

guri

  1. fog, mist

References

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuɾi/ [ɡu.ɾi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾi, -i
  • Hyphenation: gu‧ri

Pronoun

guri

  1. dative of gu

Dharug

Alternative forms

Noun

guri

  1. ear
    • 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson:
    • English   Name on the sea coast   Name at the Hawkesbury
    • The Ear   gooree                         Benna

References

  • Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 75.

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

guri

  1. fog, mist

Laz

Noun

guri

  1. Latin spelling of გური (guri)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: gu‧ri

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyrĩ, kuri.

Alternative forms

Noun

guri m (plural guris)

  1. (Brazil, dialectal) ariid (any catfish in the family Ariidae)
    Synonym: bagre-guri
    Hypernym: bagre
Derived terms
  • bagre-guri

Etymology 2

Unknown. Navarro hypothesizes a shortening of Língua Geral Paulista kulumĩ (“boy”).[1] Other sources point to the same origin of etymology 1, saying the Old Tupi term only referred to young catfish.[2][3]

Noun

guri m (plural guris, feminine guria, feminine plural gurias)

  1. (chiefly South Brazil) boy (male child)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:menino
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kunumĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 242, column 2
  2. ^ Antenor Nascentes (1966) “guri”, in Dicionário etimológico resumido [Abridged etymological dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: INL, page 371, column 2
  3. ^ Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (1982) “guri”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa (in Portuguese), 4th edition, Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, published 2010, →ISBN, page 329, column 2

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

guri

  1. inflection of gură:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Somali

Noun

gúri m (plural guriyo)

  1. house
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