Etymology

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Noun

kari (dual karirom, plural karigon)Category:Abinomn lemmas#KARICategory:Abinomn nouns#KARICategory:Abinomn entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

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

References

Noun

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)Category:'Are'are lemmas#KARICategory:'Are'are nouns#KARICategory:'Are'are entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. octopus

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Noun

kariCategory:Basque non-lemma forms#KARICategory:Basque noun forms#KARICategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. dative indefinite of ka
2. dative singular of ka

Etymology

From TamilCategory:Brunei Malay terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kari/Category:Brunei Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kariCategory:Brunei Malay lemmas#KARICategory:Brunei Malay nouns#KARICategory:Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. curry

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/ [kɐˈɾ̪i]Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI

Adverb

karíCategory:Cebuano lemmas#KARICategory:Cebuano adverbs#KARICategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#KARICategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. alternative form of kiri (“this near me/us”)

Alternative forms

• karí

Etymology

Borrowed from TamilCategory:Czech terms borrowed from Tamil#KARICategory:Czech terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarɪ]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI

Noun

kari n (indeclinable)Category:Czech lemmas#KARICategory:Czech nouns#KARICategory:Czech indeclinable nouns#KARICategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Czech neuter nouns#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

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

Further reading

• “kari”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “kari”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kari”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Etymology 1

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#KARICategory:Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic#KARI *karja, which is likely borrowed from Proto-GermanicCategory:Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#KARI *harjaz. Cognate with Finnish karja.

Etymology 2

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#KARICategory:Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic#KARI *kari, borrowed from late Proto-NorseCategory:Estonian terms derived from Proto-Norse#KARI [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Proto-Norse terms#KARI (*skarj(a)-), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#KARI *skarją. Cognate with Finnish kari.

Verb

kariCategory:Fijian lemmas#KARICategory:Fijian verbs#KARICategory:Fijian entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. scrape

Etymology

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#KARICategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic#KARI *kari (compare Estonian kari), borrowed from late Proto-NorseCategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Norse#KARI [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Proto-Norse terms#KARI (*skarj(a)-) (compare Swedish skär, English skerry), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#KARI *skarją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑri/, [ˈkɑ̝ri]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#KARICategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI
• Rhymes: -ɑriCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑri#KARICategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑri/2 syllables#KARI
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ri

Noun

kariCategory:Finnish lemmas#KARICategory:Finnish nouns#KARICategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water or just underwater)
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 agroundCategory:Finnish terms with collocations#KARI

Further reading

• “kari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• Irak, arki, raki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒri]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri
• Rhymes: -riCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ri#KARICategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ri/2 syllables#KARI

Etymology 1

From kar (“faculty; arm”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)Category:Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -i#KARI.

Etymology 2

Clipping and -i diminutive ofCategory:Hungarian noun clippings suffixed with -i (diminutive)#KARI karácsony (“Christmas”).

Further reading

• kari in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Etymology

From TamilCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri/Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI
• Rhymes: -riCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ri#KARICategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ri/2 syllables#KARI
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kariCategory:Indonesian lemmas#KARICategory:Indonesian nouns#KARICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. curry
   1. one of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce
   2. a spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder

Further reading

• “kari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Romanization

kariCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#KARICategory:Japanese romanizations#KARICategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#KARICategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. Rōmaji transcription of かり
2. Rōmaji transcription of カリ

Noun

kariCategory:Kaurna lemmas#KARICategory:Kaurna nouns#KARICategory:Kaurna entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàɾì(ꜜ)/Category:Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

Noun

kari class 12 (plural tũri)Category:Kikuyu lemmas#KARICategory:Kikuyu nouns#KARICategory:Kikuyu class 12 nouns#KARICategory:Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Kikuyu class 12 nouns#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. some species of the family ConnaraceaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)#Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagynaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agelaea%20pentagyna (syn. A. heterophyllaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agelaea%20heterophylla^[1])^[2]

      Synonym: mũcũthi

   2. Rourea thomsoniiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rourea%20thomsonii^[2]

References

Etymology

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

Noun

kariCategory:Laboya lemmas#KARICategory:Laboya nouns#KARICategory:Laboya entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. water buffalo

References

• 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

Noun

kari mCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#KARICategory:Latvian noun forms#KARICategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. nominative/vocative plural of karš

Noun

kariCategory:Lindu lemmas#KARICategory:Lindu nouns#KARICategory:Lindu entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. dried meat; jerky

Etymology

From TamilCategory:Malay terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kari/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Noun

kari (plural kari-kari or kari²)Category:Malay lemmas#KARICategory:Malay nouns#KARICategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. curry

Etymology

From kali, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KARICategory:Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KARI *kali.

Verb

kariCategory:Mansaka lemmas#KARICategory:Mansaka verbs#KARICategory:Mansaka entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. to dig

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#KARICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#KARI from Proto-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#KARICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#KARI *kali (compare with Hawaiian ʻali) ~ *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KARICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#KARI *kali (compare with Malay gali).^[2][3] Doublet of keriCategory:Māori doublets#KARI.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkari/ [ˈkɐɾi]Category:Māori terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI

Verb

kariCategory:Māori lemmas#KARICategory:Māori verbs#KARICategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. to dig

   Synonyms: huke, kōkō

2. to cleave
3. to wound

References

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kari”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 119
• “kari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology

From TamilCategory:Mauritian Creole terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kariCategory:Mauritian Creole lemmas#KARICategory:Mauritian Creole nouns#KARICategory:Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. curry

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Adverb

kariCategory:Northern Ohlone lemmas#KARICategory:Northern Ohlone adverbs#KARICategory:Northern Ohlone entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. out, outside
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎:

     hoṭṭo kari

     come outside

     Category:Northern Ohlone terms with quotations#KARI

     Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

Etymology 1

From the name Kari.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

Verb

kariCategory:Pali non-lemma forms#KARICategory:Pali verb forms#KARICategory:Pali verb forms in Latin script#KARICategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of karoti (“to do”)

Etymology

Borrowed from TamilCategory:Seychellois Creole terms borrowed from Tamil#KARICategory:Seychellois Creole terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi).

Noun

kariCategory:Seychellois Creole lemmas#KARICategory:Seychellois Creole nouns#KARICategory:Seychellois Creole entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. curry

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Sranan Tongo terms borrowed from English#KARICategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from English#KARI call.

Verb

kariCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#KARICategory:Sranan Tongo verbs#KARICategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. to call
   • c. 1957-1961, “Chapter 2. Folksongs (Religious Songs, Play Songs, Dance Tunes)”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 64:

     Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’. / Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’. / Sensi manspasi kon, / uma no e teri man moro. / Yu mu kari den uma ‘den sani’.

     You should call women by 'those names'. / You should call women by 'those names'. / Since the emancipation came, / women don't respect men any more. You should call women by 'those names'.

     Category:Sranan Tongo terms with quotations#KARI

   • 1959, Trefossa, “Opo! Kondreman... [Arise! Countrymen...]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, editor, Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa]‎, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 73:

     Opo! Kondreman oen opo! / Sranangron e kari oen. / Wans ope tata komopo, / Wi moe seti kondre boen.

     [Opo! Kondreman unu opo! / Sranangron e kari unu. / Wansi ope tata kmopo, / Wi mu seti kondre bun.]

     Arise! You countrymen, arise! / Suriname is calling you. / Wherever [our] forefathers came from, / we must set [our] country to rights.

     Category:Sranan Tongo terms with quotations#KARI

   • 1968, R. Dobru, “A feti fu Gado Sabi [The war of Gado Sabi]”, in Moetete‎, number 2, Paramaribo: Eldorado, page 2:

     Na ini den jari 1772 kon miti 1777, wan kapten di den kari John Gabriel Stedman, ben teki prati na ini a feti foe makti den lowenengre na ini Sranankondre. A Ingrisman ben de kapten foe den matrosi foe Kononèl Fourgeoud, wan Swiska.

     In the years from 1772 to 1777, a captain called John Gabriel Stedman took part in the war to subdue the Maroons in Suriname. This Briton was captain of the marines of colonel Fourgeoud, a Swiss.

     Category:Sranan Tongo terms with quotations#KARI

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

Noun

kariCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#KARICategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#KARICategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. invitation, summons
2. phone, cellphone
3. phone number

Etymology 1

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#KARICategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#KARI curry, from TamilCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi). Doublet of karí (“cafeteria food”)Category:Tagalog doublets#KARI.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from MalayCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay#KARICategory:Tagalog terms derived from Malay#KARI kari, from TamilCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi); or directly from TamilCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Tamil#KARI கறி (kaṟi) because Indian sepoys from Southern India settled Philippines during the British occupation of Manila after they rebelled against their British masters. Doublet of kari (“curry”)Category:Tagalog doublets#KARI.

References

• “kari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 79
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101

Anagrams

• Irak

Etymology

From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#KARICategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#KARI قاری (kari), from ArabicCategory:Turkish terms derived from Arabic#KARI قَارِئ (qāriʔ), active participle of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read”).

Noun

kari (definite accusative kariyi, plural kariler)Category:Turkish lemmas#KARICategory:Turkish nouns#KARICategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. (datedCategory:Turkish dated terms#KARI) reader

   Synonyms: okur, okuyucu

2. a professional Qur'an reader

References

• 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

Noun

kariCategory:Yawuru lemmas#KARICategory:Yawuru nouns#KARICategory:Yawuru entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. grog, alcohol

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Alternative forms

• kàíbi
• kàbí

Etymology

Possibly from kí (“let”) +‎ à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rí (“to see”), literally “let us see; let us know”Category:Yoruba compound terms#KARI. While it is an 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kà.ɾí/Category:Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation#KARI

Particle

kàríCategory:Yoruba lemmas#KARICategory:Yoruba particles#KARICategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. (EkitiCategory:Ekiti Yoruba#KARI) Used to make an interrogative question regarding place or time.

Adverb

kàríCategory:Yoruba lemmas#KARICategory:Yoruba adverbs#KARICategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#KARICategory:Pages with entries#KARICategory:Pages with 31 entries#KARI

1. (interrogative, EkitiCategory:Ekiti Yoruba#KARI) alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)

   Synonyms: kàríbi, kàbí, ubi sí

   kàrí ọ

   where are you?

   Category:Yoruba terms with usage examples#KARI

2. (interrogative, IjeshaCategory:Ijẹṣa Yoruba#KARI) where

   kàrí ọ rán

   where are you?

   Category:Yoruba terms with usage examples#KARI