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Kiri

Kiri

See also: kiri and kirî

Japanese

Romanization

Kiri

  1. rōmaji reading of きり

kiri

kiri

See also: Kiri and kirî

Estonian

Noun

kiri (genitive kirja, partitive kirja)

  1. writing
  2. letter (message)
  3. font, script

Declension

Derived terms


Finnish

(index ki)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ri
  • IPA(key): [ˈkiri]

Noun

kiri

  1. spurt (sudden but not prolonged action, especially a brief increase in speed of an ongoing action)
    Hän aloitti kirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.
    He started his spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.

Declension

Inflection of kiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kiri kirit
genitive kirin kirien
partitive kiriä kirejä
illative kiriin kireihin
singular plural
nominative kiri kirit
accusative nom. kiri kirit
gen. kirin
genitive kirin kirien
partitive kiriä kirejä
inessive kirissä kireissä
elative kiristä kireistä
illative kiriin kireihin
adessive kirillä kireillä
ablative kiriltä kireiltä
allative kirille kireille
essive kirinä kireinä
translative kiriksi kireiksi
instructive kirein
abessive kirittä kireittä
comitative kireineen

Derived terms

Verb

kiri

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of kiriä.
  2. Indicative present connegative form of kiriä.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present form of kiriä.
  4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kiriä.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri (compare Malay kiri), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

kiri

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

Antonyms


Japanese

Romanization

kiri

  1. rōmaji reading of きり
  2. rōmaji reading of キリ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri (compare Indonesian kiri), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *ka-wiʀi, *wiʀi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiri/
  • Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

Adjective

kiri

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

Antonyms


Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic

Verb

kiri

  1. hire

Maori

Noun

kiri

  1. skin

Rapa Nui

Noun

kiri

  1. skin
  2. bark of a tree

Derived terms


Swahili

Verb

kiri

  1. to accept (to receive with consent)


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at accept. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see kiri in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009