kari

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

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kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)

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

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

• karí

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarɪ/

kari n

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

Indeclinable.

• kari in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• kari in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

• 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

kari

1. scrape

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

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

kari

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water)
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

• 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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

kari (first-person possessive kariku, second-person possessive karimu, third-person possessive karinya)

1. curry

• “kari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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 plural form of karš
2. vocative plural form of karš

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

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

kari

1. to dig

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

kari

1. curry

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

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”)

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

kari

1. invitation, summons
2. phone number

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

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/, [ˈka.ɾɪ]

kari (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

1. curry

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

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

karí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒ)

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

• “kari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: I - l - Part 4‎, page 79
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101

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

kari (definite accusative karii, plural kariler) (obsolete)

1. reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (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, 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 a 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?