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kuori
kuori
Finnish
(index ku)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
- Rhymes: -uori
- IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri]
Noun
kuori
- shale
- skin (of an onion, potato, sausage, cooked milk etc.)
- peel (of a fruit)
- shell (of an egg, snail, nut etc.)
- test (of a marine invertebrate, e.g. sea urchin)
- husk, hull, cod (of a seed, corn ear etc.)
- pod, cod (of pea etc.)
- bark (of a tree)
- crust (of the Earth; of bread)
- envelope
- case, casing, cover (of a lock or some-such)
- (mental) shell
- (anatomy) cortex
Declension
| Inflection of kuori (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuori | kuoret | |
| genitive | kuoren | kuorten kuorien |
|
| partitive | kuorta | kuoria | |
| illative | kuoreen | kuoriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuori | kuoret | |
| accusative | nom. | kuori | kuoret |
| gen. | kuoren | ||
| genitive | kuoren | kuorten kuorien |
|
| partitive | kuorta | kuoria | |
| inessive | kuoressa | kuorissa | |
| elative | kuoresta | kuorista | |
| illative | kuoreen | kuoriin | |
| adessive | kuorella | kuorilla | |
| ablative | kuorelta | kuorilta | |
| allative | kuorelle | kuorille | |
| essive | kuorena | kuorina | |
| translative | kuoreksi | kuoriksi | |
| instructive | — | kuorin | |
| abessive | kuoretta | kuoritta | |
| comitative | — | kuorineen | |
Synonyms
- (envelope): kirjekuori
Derived terms
- nouns: kuoriainen, kuorike, kuorrute, kuorrutus, kuorukka
- verbs: kuorettua, kuoria, kuoriutua, kuorruttaa, kuortua
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Swedish kor, through Old Norse kórr from Latin chorus. Doublet with kuoro.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
- Rhymes: -uori
- IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri]
Noun
kuori
Declension
| Inflection of kuori (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuori | kuorit | |
| genitive | kuorin | kuorien | |
| partitive | kuoria | kuoreja | |
| illative | kuoriin | kuoreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuori | kuorit | |
| accusative | nom. | kuori | kuorit |
| gen. | kuorin | ||
| genitive | kuorin | kuorien | |
| partitive | kuoria | kuoreja | |
| inessive | kuorissa | kuoreissa | |
| elative | kuorista | kuoreista | |
| illative | kuoriin | kuoreihin | |
| adessive | kuorilla | kuoreilla | |
| ablative | kuorilta | kuoreilta | |
| allative | kuorille | kuoreille | |
| essive | kuorina | kuoreina | |
| translative | kuoriksi | kuoreiksi | |
| instructive | — | kuorein | |
| abessive | kuoritta | kuoreitta | |
| comitative | — | kuoreineen | |
Etymology 3
Inflected form of kuoria
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
- Rhymes: -uori
- IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri]
Verb
kuori
- Third-person singular indicative past form of kuoria.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
- Rhymes: -uori
- IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri(ʔ)]
Verb
kuori
- Indicative present connegative form of kuoria.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of kuoria.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kuoria.