kaari

See also: kääri

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaari, from Proto-Uralic *këŋere. Cognate with Estonian kaar. The sense 'code' is a semantic loan from Swedish balk (arch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑːri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːri
  • Syllabification(key): kaa‧ri

Noun

kaari

  1. curve
  2. bow (bend)
  3. (architecture) arch
  4. (geometry) arc
  5. (law) code, act (an especially broad legal statute; one of the nine parts of Swedish 1734 law)
  6. (biology, taxonomy) division, phylum
  7. (graph theory, network theory) edge (between two vertices)
  8. (nautical) rib of a boat or a ship

Usage notes

  • (act, code): Originally, the name kaari was used in the names of the broad statutes of the Swedish 1734 law. Remnants of those acts still in force (though heavily amended) include e.g. oikeudenkäymiskaari 'Code of Judicial Procedure' (4/1734). Over time, it was superseded by the use of the name laki. The difference in names bears no significance as for their precedence, since both a kaari and a laki are at the same level in the statutory hierarchy: they are inferior to the perustuslaki 'Constitution', superior to an asetus 'decree; executive order', and they are both passed and issued by the Parliament within one Parliamentary term. The name kaari is, however, intentionally given to an act in order to connote that the act concerns an exceptionally large part of human life, e.g. tietoyhteiskuntakaari 'Information Society Code' (917/2014) (an act on radio, TV, Internet etc. electronic communication services, and on privacy in the use thereof).

Declension

Inflection of kaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative kaari kaaret
genitive kaaren kaarten
kaarien
partitive kaarta kaaria
illative kaareen kaariin
singular plural
nominative kaari kaaret
accusative nom. kaari kaaret
gen. kaaren
genitive kaaren kaarten
kaarien
partitive kaarta kaaria
inessive kaaressa kaarissa
elative kaaresta kaarista
illative kaareen kaariin
adessive kaarella kaarilla
ablative kaarelta kaarilta
allative kaarelle kaarille
essive kaarena kaarina
translative kaareksi kaariksi
instructive kaarin
abessive kaaretta kaaritta
comitative kaarineen
Possessive forms of kaari (type pieni)
possessor singular plural
1st person kaareni kaaremme
2nd person kaaresi kaarenne
3rd person kaarensa

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaari.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑːri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːri
  • Hyphenation: kaa‧ri

Noun

kaari

  1. bow (of a ship)

Inflection

Declension of kaari (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaari, kaar kaarõd
genitive kaarõ kaarije, kaarijõ, kaari
partitive kaartõ kaaritõ, kaari
illative kaarõ, kaarõsõ kaarije, kaarijõ, kaarisõ
inessive kaarõz kaariz
elative kaarõssõ kaarissõ
allative kaarõlõ kaarilõ
adessive kaarõllõ kaarillõ
ablative kaarõltõ kaariltõ
translative kaarõssi kaarissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), kaari”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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