-ri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

Finnish

Etymology

-ra, -r + -i

Suffix

-ri

  1. Forms nouns, usually diminutive ones.

Declension

Inflection of -ri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative -ri -rit
genitive -rin -rien
-reiden
-reitten
partitive -ria -reita
-reja
illative -riin -reihin
singular plural
nominative -ri -rit
accusative nom. -ri -rit
gen. -rin
genitive -rin -rien
-reiden
-reitten
partitive -ria -reita
-reja
inessive -rissa -reissa
elative -rista -reista
illative -riin -reihin
adessive -rilla -reilla
ablative -rilta -reilta
allative -rille -reille
essive -rina -reina
translative -riksi -reiksi
instructive -rein
abessive -ritta -reitta
comitative -reineen
Possessive forms of -ri (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person -rini -rimme
2nd person -risi -rinne
3rd person -rinsa

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -ri

See also


Igbo

Suffix

-ri

  1. Owerri and Umuahia standard spelling of -li.

Jamamadí

Suffix

-ri m (feminine -ro)

  1. (evidential) identifies an action as certain and having occurred in the near past

References

  • 2008 (originally 1976), Robert Campbell, Verification in Jamamadi Quotations, Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, page 4.

Japanese

Romanization

-ri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Middle English

Noun

-ri

  1. Alternative form of -erie

Purepecha

Suffix

-ri

  1. genitive suffix

References

  • Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998), section on P'urhépecha

Quechua

Suffix

-ri

  1. Optionally used to mark the topic of a question. Gives a sense of courtesy.
    Karlusri maypim kachkan?
    And where is Carlos?
    Maypitaq tiyankiri?
    And where do you live?

Descendants

  • Spanish: -ri Bolivia

See also


Romanian

Suffix

-ri

  1. plural of -re
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