Definitions and meaning of meri
meri
Noun
meri
- plural of merus
Anagrams
- IMer, Meir, Mire, emir, mire, reim, riem, rime
Ajië
Pronunciation
Adjective
meri
- dry
References
- Leenhardt, M., Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie, 1935. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M., Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie, 1946. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Besisi
Etymology
From Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).
Noun
meri
- forest
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
- sea
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri, borrowed from some Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
- Rhymes: -eri
- Syllabification: me‧ri
Noun
meri
- sea (a single area or the seas altogether)
Declension
- Note the grammatical exception: the word has front vowels (ä, ö) in all cases taking those opposite vowels—except for the partitive singular, merta (a back vowel).
Derived terms
- adjectives: merellinen
- adverbs: meritse
Compounds
Hungarian
Etymology
mer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) + -i (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛri]
- Hyphenation: me‧ri
Verb
meri
- third-person singular indicative present definite of mer
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛːrɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ
Noun
meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)
- mare, female horse
- Synonym: hryssa
Declension
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Estonian meri.
Pronunciation
Noun
meri (genitive meren, partitive mert)
- sea
Declension
References
- V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, 1936, page 86
- Vitalij Chernyavskij, Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[2], 2005, page 129
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov, Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[3], 2014, →ISBN, page 80
Italian
Adjective
meri
- masculine plural of mero
Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri (genitive meren, partitive merdy)
- sea
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.riː/, [ˈmɛɾiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri/, [ˈmɛːɾi]
Noun
merī
- genitive singular of merum
Adjective
merī
- nominative masculine plural of merus
- genitive masculine singular of merus
- genitive neuter singular of merus
- vocative masculine plural of merus
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri
- sea
Middle English
Adjective
meri
- Alternative form of mery
Romanian
Noun
meri m pl
- plural of măr
Sardinian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin meridies
Noun
meri
- afternoon
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
meri (Cyrillic spelling мери)
- inflection of meriti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative
Sranan Tongo
Verb
meri
- to touch
Sundanese
Noun
meri
- duck
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Either from English Mary or Tolai mari (“pretty”).
Noun
meri
- woman
- Coordinate term: man
- wife
- Coordinate terms: man, maritman
Adjective
meri
- female
- Coordinate term: man
Derived terms
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri
- sea
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I., “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2007
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri (genitive meree, partitive [please provide])
- sea
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "meri" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
- sea
Inflection
Source: wiktionary.org- (Maori) a war-club.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)