kiri

kirí

1. (medicine) A sore which forms on the upper lip beneath the nose.

kíri

1. To shake one's head (to express disapproval or denial).

• kari
• ri — short form, only used mid-sentence

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-di.^[1] The initial "k(a/i)-" is a common feature among demonstratives: kini (“this”), kana (“that”), and kadto (“that”). Related to diri (“here”), adia (“here be”), ngari (“hither”), and ari (“to come”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Tagalog iri.

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɾi/ [kɪˈɾ̪i]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ri

kirí

1. this (closer to the speaker than the listener)

• kari is the form most commonly used by speakers, while kiri may come off as old-fashioned and literary.
• In colloquial usage, the nuances of kiri (“this near me”) and kini (“this near us”) have become blurred, such that both are used interchangeably.

From Proto-Finnic *kirja. Cognate with Finnish kirja and Votic tširjõ.

kiri (genitive kirja, partitive kirja)

1. writing
2. letter (message)
3. font, script
4. pattern (decorative, e.g., knitted, embroidered, or carved into wood)

Declension of kiri (ÕS type 24u/padi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kiri	kirjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kirja
genitive			kirjade
partitive		kirja	kirju kirjasid
illative		kirja kirjasse	kirjadesse kirjusse
inessive		kirjas	kirjades kirjus
elative		kirjast	kirjadest kirjust
allative		kirjale	kirjadele kirjule
adessive		kirjal	kirjadel kirjul
ablative		kirjalt	kirjadelt kirjult
translative		kirjaks	kirjadeks kirjuks
terminative		kirjani	kirjadeni
essive		kirjana	kirjadena
abessive		kirjata	kirjadeta
comitative		kirjaga	kirjadega

• “kiri”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kiri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kiri”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kiri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Probably originally a back-formation from kiristää; compare English tighten the gap for the semantic development.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/, [ˈk̟iri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ri

kiri

1. spurt (a sudden but not prolonged action, especially a brief increase in speed of an ongoing action)

   Hän aloitti kirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.

   He started his spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.

   Kiinan taloudellinen kiri on ollut nopea.

   The Chinese economic spurt has been quick.

• kiire
• kiiriä

• “kiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/, [ˈk̟iri] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiriˣ/, [ˈk̟iri(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ri

kiri

1. inflection of kiriä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• riki

Inherited from Malay kiri, from Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ri/
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ki‧ri

kiri

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
2. (politics) left-wing

   Melawan kaum kiri bisa dimulai hari ini juga!

   You can start fighting left-wingers now!

• kanan

kiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of きり
2. Rōmaji transcription of キリ

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi, a prefixed form of *wiʀi.

• IPA^(key): /kiri/
• Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

kiri (Jawi spelling کيري)

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

• kanan

• "kiri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “kiri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ). Doublet of kera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.rɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪrɪ

kiri m

1. verbal noun of kera: renting

From Proto-Polynesian *kili (compare with Hawaiian ʻili), from Proto-Oceanic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (compare with Malay kulit), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind”).

kiri

1. (anatomy) skin
2. peel, bark, rind
3. hide, leather
4. surface

• “kiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

kiri

1. skin
2. bark (of a tree)

• kiri vaꞌe

From English kill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ri/

kiri

1. (transitive) To kill, to murder.
2. (transitive) To end, to shut down.

Borrowed from Arabic أَقَرَّ (ʔaqarra).

• Audio (Kenya):

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-kiri (infinitive kukiri)

1. to accept, admit, acknowledge, recognise

Conjugation of -kiri
Positive present -nakiri Subjunctive -kiri Negative -kiri Imperative singular kiri
Infinitives
Positive kukiri Negative kutokiri
Imperatives
Singular kiri Plural kirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukiri Positive past positive subject concord + -likiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kukiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninakiri/nakiri tunakiri 2nd person unakiri mnakiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakiri wanakiri other classes positive subject concord + -nakiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kiri) Singular Plural 1st person sikiri hatukiri 2nd person hukiri hamkiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakiri hawakiri other classes negative subject concord + -kiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -takiri Negative future negative subject concord + -takiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kiri) Singular Plural 1st person nikiri tukiri 2nd person ukiri mkiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akiri wakiri other classes positive subject concord + -kiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akiri) Singular Plural 1st person nakiri twakiri 2nd person wakiri mwakiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akiri wakiri m-mi(III/IV) wakiri yakiri ji-ma(V/VI) lakiri yakiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakiri vyakiri n(IX/X) yakiri zakiri u(XI) wakiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakiri pa(XVI) pakiri mu(XVIII) mwakiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokiri Consecutive kakiri / positive subject concord + -kakiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikiri -tukiri 2nd person -kukiri -wakiri/-kukirini/-wakirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkiri -wakiri m-mi(III/IV) -ukiri -ikiri ji-ma(V/VI) -likiri -yakiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikiri -vikiri n(IX/X) -ikiri -zikiri u(XI) -ukiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukiri pa(XVI) -pakiri mu(XVIII) -mukiri Reflexive -jikiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kiriye -kirio m-mi(III/IV) -kirio -kiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -kirilo -kiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiricho -kirivyo n(IX/X) -kiriyo -kirizo u(XI) -kirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kiriko pa(XVI) -kiripo mu(XVIII) -kirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekiri -okiri m-mi(III/IV) -okiri -yokiri ji-ma(V/VI) -lokiri -yokiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokiri -vyokiri n(IX/X) -yokiri -zokiri u(XI) -okiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokiri pa(XVI) -pokiri mu(XVIII) -mokiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kiria
  • Causative: -kirisha
  • Passive: -kiriwa
  • Reciprocal: -kiriana
  • Stative: -kirika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukiri (“acceptance, acknowledgement”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈɾi/ [kɪˈɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ki‧ri

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirtatious; coquettish (of women)

   Synonyms: malimbang, mapanlimbang, landi, malandi, talandi, hitad

2. libidinous; lascivious (of women)

   Synonyms: landi, talandi, kirimpot, hitad, handak, handarak, balihanda, libog, malibog

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirt; coquette

   Synonyms: haliparot, landi, alembong

2. siren (women who lures, tempts, or entices)