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kari (dualkarirom,pluralkarigon)
kari (pluralhi kari,pluralwau kari)
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karí
| direct* | indirect* | oblique | locative | allative | existential** | interjection** | manner** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full | short | full | short | full | short | full | short | full | short | ||||
| near speaker*** | karí kirí | ri | niari niiri | ari iri | kan-ari† kan-iri† | dirí | ngarí | adia | dia | diará | dará | ingonari | Ø |
| near speaker and listener*** | kaní kiní | ni | niani niini | ani ini | kan-ani† kan-ini† | dinhi | nganhi | ania | nia | niará | Ø | ingonani | ing-ani in-ani |
| near listener | kanâ | nà | nianà | anà | kan-anà† | dinhà dirâ | nganhà ngarâ | anaa | naa | naará | nará | ingonanà | ing-anà in-anà |
| remote | kadto kató | to | niadto niato | adto ato | kan-adto† | didto | ngadto | atua | tua | tuará | turá | ingonadto ingonato | ing-ato in-ato |
† Archaic
* When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences.
** Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial.
*** These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano.
kari n (indeclinable)
FromProto-Finnic*karja, which is likely borrowed fromProto-Germanic*harjaz. Cognate withFinnishkarja.
kari (genitivekarja,partitivekarja)
| Declension ofkari (ÕS type24u/padi, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kari | karjad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | karja | ||
| genitive | karjade | ||
| partitive | karja | karju karjasid | |
| illative | karja karjasse | karjadesse karjusse | |
| inessive | karjas | karjades karjus | |
| elative | karjast | karjadest karjust | |
| allative | karjale | karjadele karjule | |
| adessive | karjal | karjadel karjul | |
| ablative | karjalt | karjadelt karjult | |
| translative | karjaks | karjadeks karjuks | |
| terminative | karjani | karjadeni | |
| essive | karjana | karjadena | |
| abessive | karjata | karjadeta | |
| comitative | karjaga | karjadega | |
FromProto-Finnic*kari, borrowed from lateProto-Norse[script needed](*skarj(a)-), fromProto-Germanic*skarją. Cognate withFinnishkari.
kari (genitivekari,partitivekari)
| Declension ofkari (ÕS type17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kari | karid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kari | ||
| genitive | karide | ||
| partitive | kari | karisid | |
| illative | karri karisse | karidesse | |
| inessive | karis | karides | |
| elative | karist | karidest | |
| allative | karile | karidele | |
| adessive | karil | karidel | |
| ablative | karilt | karidelt | |
| translative | kariks | karideks | |
| terminative | karini | karideni | |
| essive | karina | karidena | |
| abessive | karita | karideta | |
| comitative | kariga | karidega | |
kari

FromProto-Finnic*kari (compareEstoniankari), borrowed from lateProto-Norse[script needed](*skarj(a)-) (compareSwedishskär,Englishskerry), fromProto-Germanic*skarją.
kari
| Inflection ofkari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kari | karit | |
| genitive | karin | karien | |
| partitive | karia | kareja | |
| illative | kariin | kareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kari | karit | |
| accusative | nom. | kari | karit |
| gen. | karin | ||
| genitive | karin | karien | |
| partitive | karia | kareja | |
| inessive | karissa | kareissa | |
| elative | karista | kareista | |
| illative | kariin | kareihin | |
| adessive | karilla | kareilla | |
| ablative | karilta | kareilta | |
| allative | karille | kareille | |
| essive | karina | kareina | |
| translative | kariksi | kareiksi | |
| abessive | karitta | kareitta | |
| instructive | — | karein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Fromkar(“faculty; arm”) +-i(adjective-forming suffix).
kari (notcomparable)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kari | kariak |
| accusative | karit | kariakat |
| dative | karinak | kariaknak |
| instrumental | karival | kariakkal |
| causal-final | kariért | kariakért |
| translative | karivá | kariakká |
| terminative | kariig | kariakig |
| essive-formal | kariként | kariakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kariban | kariakban |
| superessive | karin | kariakon |
| adessive | karinál | kariaknál |
| illative | kariba | kariakba |
| sublative | karira | kariakra |
| allative | karihoz | kariakhoz |
| elative | kariból | kariakból |
| delative | kariról | kariakról |
| ablative | karitól | kariaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | karié | kariaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | kariéi | kariakéi |
Clipping and-idiminutive ofkarácsony(“Christmas”).
kari (pluralkarik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kari | karik |
| accusative | karit | karikat |
| dative | karinak | kariknak |
| instrumental | karival | karikkal |
| causal-final | kariért | karikért |
| translative | karivá | karikká |
| terminative | kariig | karikig |
| essive-formal | kariként | karikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kariban | karikban |
| superessive | karin | karikon |
| adessive | karinál | kariknál |
| illative | kariba | karikba |
| sublative | karira | karikra |
| allative | karihoz | karikhoz |
| elative | kariból | karikból |
| delative | kariról | karikról |
| ablative | karitól | kariktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | karié | kariké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | kariéi | karikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | karim | karijaim (orkariim) |
| 2nd person sing. | karid | karijaid (orkariid) |
| 3rd person sing. | karija | karijai (orkarii) |
| 1st person plural | karink | karijaink (orkariink) |
| 2nd person plural | karitok | karijaitok (orkariitok) |
| 3rd person plural | karijuk | karijaik (orkariik) |

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CompareIndonesiankerbau.
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kari (pluralkari-kariorkari2)
Fromkali, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*kali.
kari
FromProto-Polynesian fromProto-Oceanic*kali (compare withHawaiianʻali) ~*keli (compare withSamoanʻeli andTongankeli)[1] fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*kali (compare withMalaygali).[2][3]Doublet ofkeri.
kari
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kari
From the nameKari.
kari f (definite singularkaria,indefinite pluralkarier,definite pluralkariene)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
kari n
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kari
Borrowed fromEnglishcurry, fromTamilகறி(kaṟi).Doublet ofkarí(“cafeteria food”).
kari (Baybayin spellingᜃᜇᜒ)
Borrowed fromMalaykari, fromTamilகறி(kaṟi); or directly fromTamilகறி(kaṟi) because Indian sepoys from Southern India settled Philippines during the British occupation of Manila after they rebelled against their British masters.Doublet ofkari(“curry”).
karí (Baybayin spellingᜃᜇᜒ)
FromOttoman Turkishقاری(kari), fromArabicقَارِئ(qāriʔ), active participle ofقَرَأَ(qaraʔa,“to read”).
kari (definite accusativekariyi,pluralkariler)
kari
Possibly fromkí(“let”) +à-(“nominalizing prefix”) +rí(“to see”), literally“let us see; let us know”. While it is an interrogative marker (seekàríbi(“where”) andkàrìgbì(“when”), it also may be used as a synonym to kàríbi or kàbí. Those in the current Nigerian state of Ekiti may usekàbí orubi sí, in addition tokàríbi. In the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, they mainly usekàríbi, in addition tokàí orkàbí. All these terms are synonymous and can generally used by any Ekiti speaker regardless of subdialect. The termkàrí is also used in Ijesha.
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