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kuri
kuri
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowing from French courir and Latin currō (“run”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuri/
- Hyphenation: ku‧ri
Verb
kuri (present kuras, past kuris, future kuros, conditional kurus, volitive kuru)
- (intransitive) to run
- 1908, Adolf Krafft (translator), Robinsono Kruso, Part IV.
- Kriegante, la viroj kuris tien kaj reen.
- Shouting, the men ran back and forth.
- Kriegante, la viroj kuris tien kaj reen.
- 1908, Adolf Krafft (translator), Robinsono Kruso, Part IV.
Conjugation
Conjugation of kuri
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Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology
Related to Finnish kurja.
Adjective
kuri (genitive kurja, partitive kurja)
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuri]
- Rhymes: -uri
- Hyphenation: ku‧ri
Noun
kuri
- discipline (enforced compliance or control)
- discipline (systematic method of obtaining obedience)
- discipline (state of order based on submission to authority)
- (law) short for kuritushuone (type of prison sentence)
Declension
| Inflection of kuri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | kuri | kurit | |
| genitive | kurin | kurien | |
| partitive | kuria | kureja | |
| illative | kuriin | kureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuri | kurit | |
| accusative | nom. | kuri | kurit |
| gen. | kurin | ||
| genitive | kurin | kurien | |
| partitive | kuria | kureja | |
| inessive | kurissa | kureissa | |
| elative | kurista | kureista | |
| illative | kuriin | kureihin | |
| adessive | kurilla | kureilla | |
| ablative | kurilta | kureilta | |
| allative | kurille | kureille | |
| essive | kurina | kureina | |
| translative | kuriksi | kureiksi | |
| instructive | — | kurein | |
| abessive | kuritta | kureitta | |
| comitative | — | kureineen | |
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