hori

See also: Hori, Hóri, hōri, Hōri, hoři, and hoří

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori Hōri (George). Doublet of George.

Noun

hori (plural horis)

  1. (New Zealand, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Maori.

Usage notes

May be pejorative when used by non-Maoris.

See also

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoɾi/ [ho.ɾi]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /oɾi/ [o.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -oɾi
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ri

Etymology 1

Unclear, from Proto-Basque *(h)ori. Possibly contains the adjectival suffix -i, while the first element has been interpreted as (h)or (dog), thus literally meaning “the color of dogs” or “tawny”.[1][2][3][4]

Adjective

hori (comparative horiago, superlative horien, excessive horiegi)

  1. yellow
  2. (journalism) yellow, sensationalist
Declension
Derived terms
  • horikara (yellowish)
  • horitasun (yellowness)
  • horitu (to become yellow)
  • horixka (yellowish)
  • horizta (yellowish)
  • horiztatu (to become yellow)

Noun

hori inan

  1. yellow
Declension

See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     zuri      gris      beltz
             gorri              laranja; marroi              hori
                          berde             
                          oztin              urdin
             ubel              more              arrosa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *(h)ori. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)oR-, with a trill.

Determiner

hori (demonstrative)

  1. that
Declension

Pronoun

hori (demonstrative)

  1. that one
Declension
Derived terms
  • hori bai (however)
  • hori da hori
  • horiek horrela (taking that into account)
  • horixe

References

  1. hori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  2. hori” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  3. Azkue, Resurrección María de (19051906) “hori”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 2 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 126
  4. Lakarra, Joseba A. (2002) “Etimologiae (proto)uasconicae LXV”, in Seminario de Filología Vasca «Julio de Urquijo», page 434

Further reading

  • "hori" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • hori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 182

Ido

Noun

hori

  1. plural of horo

Japanese

Romanization

hori

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほり

Latin

Verb

horī

  1. present active infinitive of horior

References

  • hori”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Livvi

Hori.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhorʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ri
  • Rhymes: -orʲi

Noun

hori

  1. clothes moth

Declension

Declension of hori (Type 14/hori, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hori horit
genitive horin horiloin
partitive horii horiloi
illative horih horiloih
inessive horis horilois
elative horispäi horiloispäi
allative horile horiloile
adessive horil horiloil
ablative horilpäi horiloilpäi
translative horikse horiloikse
essive horinnu horiloinnu
abessive horittah horiloittah
comitative horinke horiloinke
instructive horiloin
prolative horiči

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 61

Middle English

Adjective

hori

  1. Alternative form of hory

Romanian

Etymology

From horă.

Verb

a hori (third-person singular present horește, past participle horit) 4th conj.

  1. to dance

Conjugation

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hold.

Verb

hori

  1. to hold
  2. to hold onto, to retain, to catch
    Hori a f’furuman!Hold the thief!
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to keep (in a particular state)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Omani Arabic هوري (hōrī), from an Indian source, likely Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī) or Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī).[1]

Noun

hori (ma class, plural mahori)

  1. a kind of canoe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr).

Noun

hori (n class, plural hori)

  1. creek, inlet

References

  1. Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10:‘Canoe’, Sw hori. From OAr hōri (R: 74), from an Indian language; cf. Gujarati hoḍī ~ hoṛī.
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