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Ari

Ari

See also: ARI, ari, arı, arī, Ári, ári, arí, àrì, -ari, and -arí

English

Proper noun

Ari

  1. A Latin script language of Papua New Guinea.

Translations


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Ari, from ari (eagle). Cognate with Norwegian Are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛaːɹɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪ
  • Homophones: æri, ærið

Proper noun

Ari m

  1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Ari: Arason
  • daughter of Ari: Aradóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Ari
Accusative Ara
Dative Ara
Genitive Ara

Finnish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Latin Adrianus, cognate to English Adrian. It has also been used as a nickname for Aaron, Aarne and Aarre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • Hyphenation: A‧ri

Proper noun

Ari

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Ari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Ari Arit
genitive Arin Arien
partitive Aria Areja
illative Ariin Areihin
singular plural
nominative Ari Arit
accusative nom. Ari Arit
gen. Arin
genitive Arin Arien
partitive Aria Areja
inessive Arissa Areissa
elative Arista Areista
illative Ariin Areihin
adessive Arilla Areilla
ablative Arilta Areilta
allative Arille Areille
essive Arina Areina
translative Ariksi Areiksi
instructive Arein
abessive Aritta Areitta
comitative Areineen

Usage notes

  • Popular in Finland in the 1950s and the 1960s.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Ari, from ari (eagle). Cognate with Norwegian Are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːrɪ/
    Rhymes: -aːrɪ
    Homophone: ari

Proper noun

Ari m

  1. A male given name
    Þetta er vinur minn, hann Ari.
    This is my friend Ari.

Declension

ari

ari

See also: ARI, Ari, arı, arī, Ári, ári, arí, àrì, -ari, and -arí

Albanian

Një ari

Noun

ari m (indefinite plural arinj, definite singular ariu, definite plural arinjtë)

  1. bear

Derived terms

  • ari polar

References

  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "ari" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 8-9.

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːɾii̥/

Noun

ari

  1. moon

Dení

Pronoun

ari m (feminine aru)

  1. this

Pronoun

ari

  1. we

References

  • “ari” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Maori ariki.

Noun

ari

  1. king

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *huaji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun

ari

  1. sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

Italian

Verb

ari

  1. second-person singular present indicative of arare
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of arare
  3. second-person singular present subjunctive of arare
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arare
  5. third-person singular imperative of arare

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

ari

  1. rōmaji reading of あり

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese aḍi, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *waji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun

ari [Javanese needed]

  1. sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

Descendants


Latvian

Verb

ari

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of art

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ari, from Old Javanese aḍi, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *waji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ari (Jawi spelling اري)

  1. (Java) Alternative form of adik

Quechua

Not to be confused with arí

Adverb

ari

  1. really, well, then

Conjunction

ari

  1. then

Noun

ari

  1. edge, sharpness

Declension


Swahili

Noun

ari (needs class)

  1. eagerness

Tagalog

Noun

ari

  1. Property, ownership.
  2. (vulgar slang) A private part; the private parts.

Verb

ari

  1. To allow: conjugates into maaari.
  2. To own something as property.

Conjugation


Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ārɨ (wasp, bee); compare Turkish arı and Turkmen ary.

Noun

ari (plural arilar)

  1. bee