kiri

kirí

1. (medicine) A sore which forms on the upper lip beneath the nose.

kíri

1. To shake one's head (to express disapproval or denial).

• kari
• ri — short form, only used mid-sentence

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-di.^[1] The initial "k(a/i)-" is a common feature among demonstratives: kini (“this”), kana (“that”), and kadto (“that”). Related to diri (“here”), adia (“here be”), ngari (“hither”), and ari (“to come”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Tagalog iri.

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɾi/ [kɪˈɾ̪i]
• Hyphenation: ki‧ri

kirí

1. this (closer to the speaker than the listener)

• kari is the form most commonly used by speakers, while kiri may come off as old-fashioned and literary.
• In colloquial usage, the nuances of kiri (“this near me”) and kini (“this near us”) have become blurred, such that both are used interchangeably.

From Proto-Finnic *kirja. Cognate with Finnish kirja and Votic tširjõ.

kiri (genitive kirja, partitive kirja)

1. writing
2. letter (message)
3. font, script
4. pattern (decorative, e.g., knitted, embroidered, or carved into wood)

• “kiri”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kiri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kiri”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kiri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Probably originally a back-formation from kiristää; compare English tighten the gap for the semantic development.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/, [ˈk̟iri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ri

kiri

1. spurt (a sudden but not prolonged action, especially a brief increase in speed of an ongoing action)

   Hän aloitti kirinsä liian aikaisin ja väsähti sata metriä ennen maaliviivaa.

   He started his spurt too early and ran out of steam one hundred meters before the finish line.

   Kiinan taloudellinen kiri on ollut nopea.

   The Chinese economic spurt has been quick.

• kiire
• kiiriä

• “kiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiri/, [ˈk̟iri] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiriˣ/, [ˈk̟iri(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -iri
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ri

kiri

1. inflection of kiriä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• riki

Inherited from Malay kiri, from Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ri/
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ki‧ri

kiri

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
2. (politics) left-wing

   Melawan kaum kiri bisa dimulai hari ini juga!

   You can start fighting left-wingers now!

• kanan

kiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of きり
2. Rōmaji transcription of キリ

From Proto-Malayic *(kA-)iri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi (compare Makasar kairi), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi, a prefixed form of *wiʀi.

• IPA^(key): /kiri/
• Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i

kiri (Jawi spelling کيري)

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

• kanan

• "kiri" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “kiri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ). Doublet of kera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.rɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪrɪ

kiri m

1. verbal noun of kera: renting

From Proto-Polynesian *kili (compare with Hawaiian ʻili), from Proto-Oceanic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit (compare with Malay kulit), from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind”).

kiri

1. (anatomy) skin
2. peel, bark, rind
3. hide, leather
4. surface

• “kiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

kiri

1. skin
2. bark (of a tree)

• kiri vaꞌe

From English kill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ri/

kiri

1. (transitive) To kill, to murder.
2. (transitive) To end, to shut down.

Borrowed from Arabic أَقَرَّ (ʔaqarra).

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-kiri (infinitive kukiri)

1. to accept, admit, acknowledge, recognise

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kiria
  • Causative: -kirisha
  • Passive: -kiriwa
  • Reciprocal: -kiriana
  • Stative: -kirika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukiri (“acceptance, acknowledgement”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈɾi/ [kɪˈɾi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ki‧ri

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirtatious; coquettish (of women)

   Synonyms: malimbang, mapanlimbang, landi, malandi, talandi, hitad

2. libidinous; lascivious (of women)

   Synonyms: landi, talandi, kirimpot, hitad, handak, handarak, balihanda, libog, malibog

kirí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. flirt; coquette

   Synonyms: haliparot, landi, alembong

2. siren (women who lures, tempts, or entices)