tori

tori

1. plural of torus
2. (plural only) A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

tori

1. (judo, martial arts) One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.

• tori gate

• Troi, riot, roti, tiro, trio

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• IPA^(key): /toɾi/ [t̪o.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -oɾi
• Hyphenation: to‧ri

tori

1. there you go (used while giving someone something)

   Synonym: to

• "tori" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “tori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtɔ.ɾi]

• Audio (Valencian)

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tori m (uncountable)

1. thorium

tori

1. until

tori

1. to reach

Borrowed from Old Swedish torgh, from Old Norse torg, itself borrowed from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ. Compare Faroese torg, Icelandic torg, Norwegian Bokmål torg, Norwegian Nynorsk torg, Swedish torg. Doublet of turku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtori/, [ˈt̪o̞ri]
• Rhymes: -ori
• Syllabification^(key): to‧ri

tori

1. market, market square (city square or other place where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise)
2. town square
3. forum (town square or market place in a Roman town)

• “tori”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• irto-, orit, roti, trio

tori

1. plural of toro

tori m pl

1. plural of toro

• Tiro, irto, orti, otri, rito, roti, tiro, tirò, trio

tori

1. Rōmaji transcription of とり

torī

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

Borrowed from Spanish torre (“tower”).

tori

1. tower

From English story. Doublet of historia.

tori

1. story, tale
   • 1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi [A piece of life]”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎, 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. thing, matter, issue
   • c. 1950, Sophie Redmond, “Datra Papa [A doctor's father]”, in Thea Doelwijt, editor, Kri, kra! Proza van Suriname [Kri, kra! Prose from Suriname]‎, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1972, page 115:

     Nana: Misi libi mi nanga tori foe Frits p'pa; efi mi prakseri fa mi lasi na beste ten foe mi libi, nanga na kel.

     Nana: Madam, let me be with the matter of Frits's dad. If I just think about how I waisted the best years of my life with that guy...

3. gossip, dirt, hearsay

tori

1. to woo, to sweet-talk

• Aukan: toli
• → Dutch: tori

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.ɾi]

tori

1. (transitive) to steal

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh