kari

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kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)

1. barbed arrow (weapon used for hunting)^[1]

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

kari

1. Sunday

   Synonym: dimansi

kari

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

kari

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

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

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

kari

1. curry

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

karí

1. alternative form of kiri (“this near me/us”)

• karí

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarɪ]

kari n (indeclinable)

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

• “kari”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “kari”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kari”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

kari (genitive karja, partitive karja)

1. cattle
2. herd, flock

Declension of kari (ÕS type 24u/padi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kari	karjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	karja
genitive			karjade
partitive		karja	karju karjasid
illative		karja karjasse	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

• karihiir (“shrew”)

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

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

1. reef

Declension of kari (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kari	karid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kari
genitive			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

kari

1. scrape

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

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

kari

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water or just underwater)
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

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

• “kari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Irak, arki, raki

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

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

kari (not comparable)

1. faculty (of or relating to faculty)

   kari személyzet ― faculty members

2. of arm

   kari véna ― vein of the arm

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

kari (plural karik)

1. (informal) Christmas

   Synonym: karácsony

• kari in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri/
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

kari

1. curry
   1. one of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce
   2. a spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder

• “kari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kari

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

kari

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

• 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.

kari class 12 (plural tũri)

1. some species of the family Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla^[1])^[2]

      Synonym: mũcũthi

   2. Rourea thomsonii^[2]

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

kari

1. water buffalo

• 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

kari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of karš

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

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

kari

1. to dig

From Proto-Polynesian from Proto-Oceanic *kali (compare with Hawaiian ʻali) ~ *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali (compare with Malay gali).^[2][3] Doublet of keri.

kari

1. to dig

   Synonyms: huke, kōkō

2. to cleave
3. to wound

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kari”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 119
• “kari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

kari

1. curry

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

kari

1. out, outside
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎^[3]:

     hoṭṭo kari

     come outside

From the name Kari.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kari n

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

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

kari

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

Borrowed from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

kari

1. curry

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

From English call.

kari

1. to call
   • c. 1957-1961, “Chapter 2. Folksongs (Religious Songs, Play Songs, Dance Tunes)”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[4], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 64:

     Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’. / Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’. / Sensi manspasi kon, / uma no e teri man moro. / Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’.

     You should call women by 'those names'. / You should call women by 'those names'. / Since the emancipation came, / women don't respect men any more. You should call women by 'those names'.

   • 1959, Trefossa, “Opo! Kondreman... [Arise! Countrymen...]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, editor, Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa]‎^[5], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 73:

     Opo! Kondreman oen opo! / Sranangron e kari oen. / Wans ope tata komopo, / Wi moe seti kondre boen.

     [Opo! Kondreman unu opo! / Sranangron e kari unu. / Wansi ope tata kmopo, / Wi mu seti kondre bun.]

     Arise! You countrymen, arise! / Suriname is calling you. / Wherever [our] forefathers came from, / we must set [our] country to rights.

   • 1968, R. Dobru, “A feti fu Gado Sabi [The war of Gado Sabi]”, in Moetete‎^[6], number 2, Paramaribo: Eldorado, page 2:

     Na ini den jari 1772 kon miti 1777, wan kapten di den kari John Gabriel Stedman, ben teki prati na ini a feti foe makti den lowenengre na ini Sranankondre. A Ingrisman ben de kapten foe den matrosi foe Kononèl Fourgeoud, wan Swiska.

     In the years from 1772 to 1777, a captain called John Gabriel Stedman took part in the war to subdue the Maroons in Suriname. This Briton was captain of the marines of colonel Fourgeoud, a Swiss.

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

kari

1. invitation, summons
2. phone
3. phone number

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/ [ˈkaː.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: ka‧ri

kari (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. curry

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/ [kɐˈɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧ri

karí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

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

• → Spanish: carí

• “kari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 79
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101

• Irak

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

kari (definite accusative kariyi, plural kariler)

1. (dated) reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[7] (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^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

kari

1. grog, alcohol

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

• kàíbi
• kàbí

Possibly from kí (“let”) +‎ à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rí (“to see”), literally “let us see; let us know”. While it is an 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.

IPA^(key): /kà.ɾí/

kàrí

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

• kàríbi (“where”)
• kàrìgbì (“when”)

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?