ri

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Mandarin Chinese 里 (lǐ).

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

ri (plural ris or li)

1. (Units of measure) Synonym of li as a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
2. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.

• IR, Ir., ir-

From Proto-Albanian *(h)erija - this time, from this time, presently, now > new, recent, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥wo-, zero-grade of *h₁orwo- (compare Old English earu (“quick”), Tocharian B ārwer (“ready”), Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (a^uruua, “quick, brave”)). according to Matasovic, the etymology is controversial and has no accepted source or from substrate [1]

• IPA^(key): [ɾi]

i ri m (feminine e re, masculine plural të rinj, feminine plural të reja)

1. young

   një vajzë e re

   a young girl

2. new

   filma të rinj

   new movies

ri

1. (Mpakwithi) excrement

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

• rau

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

ri (feminine raja)

1. bad

From Middle Low German rigen (“to put in folds”), from or related to Old Saxon rekkian (“to extend”). Distantly related to Old Norse rekja (“to unfold, unwind”), hence a doublet of række (“to reach”).

• IPA^(key): /riː/, [ʁiːˀ]

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

1. baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)

• rining

• IPA^(key): [ri]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ri

ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)

1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
   • 1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet‎:

     Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?

     Why is it important, who they are?

   • 2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio:

     Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu

     A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore

   • 2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, ISSN 1937-3325, OCLC 156908050, page 32:

     Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.

     They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.

In 1976, the gender-neutral pronoun ri was presented for the first time alongside the pronouns li (he) and ŝi (she). Until about 2010, it remained a seldom used experimental word, but after 2010 its use has increased significantly, especially in youth circles in Western countries. Comparable to English epicene pronouns. Also read about gender reform in Esperanto. Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli.

• (neologism, proscribed) ŝli

• li (“he”)
• ŝi (“she”)

• riismo (“ri-ism”)

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

ri (feminine rie, masculine plural ris, feminine plural ries)

1. past participle of rire

From Portuguese rir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ri.

ri

1. to laugh

• IPA^(key): /rìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rìː]

r̆ī̀

1. people or animals moving as a group

• (inherent tone): IPA^(key): /rí/

rí

1. to eat, to absorb.

   Ha na-eri nri.

   They are eating food.

   • 2019, Bịabụlụ Nsọ nʼIgbo Ndị Ugbu a, Biblica Inc., Luke 24:43:

     O we nara ya, rie n'iru ha.

     He then took it and ate it in front of them.

2. to acquire.

ri m

1. masculine plural of rio

• ir-

ri

1. Rōmaji transcription of り
2. Rōmaji transcription of リ

ri

1. Romanization of ꦫꦶ

From Portuguese rir.

ri

1. to laugh

• IPA^(key): /ɹi/

ri

1. Turns the preceding word into an accusative.

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

• IPA^(key): [ri]

ri (Lontara spelling ᨑᨗ)

1. general preposition (in, at, to etc.)

ri

1. Nonstandard spelling of rì.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

ri

1. woman

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

• ride

From Old Norse ríða.

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle riende)

1. to ride (an animal, e.g. a horse)

• “ri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /riː/

From Old Norse hríð.

• rid (non-standard since 1938)

ri f (definite singular ria, indefinite plural rier, definite plural riene)

1. attack, sudden pain or mood
2. a short while
3. period with harsh weather

From Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

• rida, ride

ri (present tense rir, past tense rei, past participle ridd or ridt or ride, present participle ridande, imperative ri)

1. to ride (an animal)

• reia, reie

• “ri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ir

• IPA^(key): /ri/

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi

ri

1. thorn
2. thorny plant

• rwi
• hri, ĕri

• Javanese: ꦫꦶ (ri)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di. Compare Makasar ri (ᨑᨗ).

ri

1. prepositional particle

• i

• Javanese: ꦫꦶ (ri)

• Rhymes: -i

ri

1. inflection of rir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular preterite indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

From Middle Irish fri, from Old Irish fri. Cognates include Irish fré and Manx rish.

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

ri (+ dative)

1. with, to
2. against

   ris a' ghaoith ― against the wind

3. up

   Chaidh iad ris an leathad. ― They went up the hillside.

4. as (with cho)

   Tha Seòras cho righinn ri ròn. ― George is as tough as nails.

   (literally "George is as tough as a seal.")

• This form is used before nouns without the definite article; before the definite article the form ris is used:

  ri cat ― with a cat

  ris a' chat ― with the cat

• Used before a noun or a verbal noun to mean up to or involved in:

  Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh. ― Those children were up to no good.

  Bha i an urra ris an losgadh anns a' Chròthais beagan bhliadhnachan an dèidh cogadh Iugoslabhach. ― She was responsible for the shooting in Croatia a few years after the Yugoslav War.

• In the Lewis dialect, ri is used instead of ag or a' before a verbal noun to form present participles:

  Tha mi ri seinn. ― I am singing. (As opposed to Tha mi a' seinn, which has the same meaning.)

• Followed by a prepositional pronoun takes a passive voice meaning:

  Tha na h-eòin tarraingeach rin amharc. ― The birds are attractive to watch. (literally "to their watching")

ri

1. Romanization of 𒊑 (ri)

ri

1. house, home, dwelling
2. building
3. nest, room

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɪj˧˧]

ri

1. (Central Vietnam) like this

ri

1. Soft mutation of rhi.

IPA^(key): /ɾí/

rí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *lí, cognate with Igala lí

IPA^(key): /ɾí/

rí

1. (transitive) to see
2. (intransitive) to look like

• ríran

• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɾì/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɾī/

rì

1. (intransitive) to sink, to drown
2. (transitive) to sink

ri

1. Alternative form of rì (“to sink”) used before object nouns

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ri

ri m

1. face