huri

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udehi (“last; come after or behind; late”), with metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /huˈɾi/ [huˈɾi], /ˈhuɾi/ [ˈhu.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɾi/ [ʔuˈɾi], /ˈʔuɾi/ [ˈʔu.ɾi] (h-dropping)

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• Hyphenation: hu‧ri

hurí or húri (plural hururi, Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜍᜒ) (Naga)

1. last; final

   An huring aldaw kan eskuwela.

   The last day of school.

   Huring kabtang kan istoriya.

   Final chapter of the story.

2. late; tardy

   Huri ka na baga sa eskuwela!

   You are already late for school!

• hudyan, purit

• (antonym(s) of “last, final”): inot, primero
• (antonym(s) of “late, tardy”): amay, atab

hurí (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜍᜒ)

1. (Naga) end

   Antonym: puon

Borrowed from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya).

huri c (singular definite hurien, plural indefinite hurier)

1. houri

• “huri” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Proto-Polynesian *fuli (“to turn round” – compare with Hawaiian huli, Tahitian huri, Samoan fuli, Tongan fuli)^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *buliŋ (“to roll”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliŋ (“to rotate”)^[2][3]

huri (passive huria or hurihia)

1. to turn round, to revolve

   Synonym: taka

2. to grind, to mill
3. to change
4. to overflow, to overwhelm

huri

1. rotation, revolution

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “huri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 84
• “huri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

huri

1. houri

• huri in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Polynesian *fuli (“turn round”) from (compare with Hawaiian huli, Maori huri, Samoan fuli, Tongan fuli) from Proto-Oceanic *buliŋ (“to roll”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliŋ (“to rotate”)^[1][2]

huri

1. to turn (of pages), to capsize
2. to change direction
3. to divert

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “huri” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

From Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).

huri (definite accusative huriyi, plural huriler)

1. (Islam) houri