arki

From Proto-Finnic *arki, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *argį̄ (“wickedness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrki/, [ˈɑ̝rk̟i]
• Rhymes: -ɑrki
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧ki

arki

1. everyday life, daily life, normal life (ordinary, mundane or non-special days in life)
2. (in adverbs) weekday, working day

   Kauppa on auki arkisin.

   The shop is open on weekdays.

• “arki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Irak, Kari, kari, raki

• IPA^(key): /ˈarki/

arki

1. plural of arko

From Proto-Finnic *arki. Cognates include Finnish arki.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrki/, [ˈɑrkʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrki/, [ˈɑrɡ̊i]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrki/, [ˈɑrɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkʲ, -ɑrki
• Hyphenation: ar‧ki

arki

1. Short for arkirooka.
2. (in compounds) workday, weekday

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 18
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

arki

1. Romanization of ᠠᡵᡴᡳ

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ki/
• Rhymes: -arki
• Syllabification: ar‧ki

arki

1. inflection of arka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• harki (obsolete)

From English harken.

arki

1. to listen
   • 1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[2], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 256:

     Mi no ben kan tan arki den betiyesi tori fu Basedi, bika na bigisma no ben lobi te pikinnengre mofo e warsi na ini en tori efu den bradi den yesimama e arki.

     I couldn't stay to listen to the ear-catching stories of Master Edi, because the old man didn't like it when children's mouths wandered into his tale if they had stretched their eardrums and were listening in.

2. to obey

• Aukan: aliki
• >? Saramaccan: háika

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “arki”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary