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kuori

kuori

Finnish

(index ku)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
  • Rhymes: -uori
  • IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri]

Noun

kuori

  1. shale
  2. skin (of an onion, potato, sausage, cooked milk etc.)
  3. peel (of a fruit)
  4. shell (of an egg, snail, nut etc.)
  5. test (of a marine invertebrate, e.g. sea urchin)
  6. husk, hull, cod (of a seed, corn ear etc.)
    riisin kuori : rice hull, rice husk
  7. pod, cod (of pea etc.)
  8. bark (of a tree)
  9. crust (of the Earth; of bread)
  10. envelope
  11. case, casing, cover (of a lock or some-such)
  12. (mental) shell
  13. (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
Derived terms

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

  1. apse, chancel
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

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of kuoria.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kuo‧ri
  • Rhymes: -uori
  • IPA(key): [ˈkuɔri(ʔ)]

Verb

kuori

  1. Indicative present connegative form of kuoria.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kuoria.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kuoria.

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