huri

See also: hurí and Huri

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udehi (“last; come after or behind; late”), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈɾi/ [huˈɾi], /ˈhuɾi/ [ˈhu.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɾi/ [ʔuˈɾi], /ˈʔuɾi/ [ˈʔu.ɾi] (h-dropping)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: hu‧ri

Adjective

hurí or húri (plural hururi, Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜍᜒ) (Naga)

1. last; final

   An huring aldaw kan eskuwela.

   The last day of school.

   Huring kabtang kan istoriya.

   Final chapter of the story.

2. late; tardy

   Huri ka na baga sa eskuwela!

   You are already late for school!

Synonyms

• hudyan, purit

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “last, final”): inot, primero
• (antonym(s) of “late, tardy”): amay, atab

Noun

hurí (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜍᜒ)

1. (Naga) end

   Antonym: puon

Derived terms

• hurihan
• ihuri
• maghuri
• mahuri
• makahuri

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya).

Noun

huri c (singular definite hurien, plural indefinite hurier)

1. houri

Declension

Declension of huri

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	huri	hurien	hurier	hurierne
genitive	huris	huriens	huriers	huriernes

Further reading

• “huri” in Den Danske Ordbog

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fuli (“to turn round” – compare with Hawaiian huli, Tahitian huri, Samoan fuli, Tongan fuli)^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *buliŋ (“to roll”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliŋ (“to rotate”)^[2][3]

Verb

huri

1. to turn round, to revolve

   Synonym: taka

2. to grind, to mill
3. to change
4. to overflow, to overwhelm

Noun

huri

1. rotation, revolution

Derived terms

• huriaro
• hurihanga
• hurihuri
• hurirua
• huritau

References

1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 95-6
2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fuli.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
3. Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 398-9

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “huri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 84
• “huri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Swedish

Noun

huri

1. houri

Further reading

• huri in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fuli (“turn round”) from (compare with Hawaiian huli, Maori huri, Samoan fuli, Tongan fuli) from Proto-Oceanic *buliŋ (“to roll”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliŋ (“to rotate”)^[1][2]

Verb

huri

1. to turn (of pages), to capsize
2. to change direction
3. to divert

References

1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fuli.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
2. Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 398-9

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “huri” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).

Noun

huri (definite accusative huriyi, plural huriler)

1. (Islam) houri

Declension

Declension of huri

singular plural nominative huri huriler definite accusative huriyi hurileri dative huriye hurilere locative huride hurilerde ablative huriden hurilerden genitive hurinin hurilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular hurim hurilerim 2nd singular hurin hurilerin 3rd singular hurisi hurileri 1st plural hurimiz hurilerimiz 2nd plural huriniz hurileriniz 3rd plural hurileri hurileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular hurimi hurilerimi 2nd singular hurini hurilerini 3rd singular hurisini hurilerini 1st plural hurimizi hurilerimizi 2nd plural hurinizi hurilerinizi 3rd plural hurilerini hurilerini dative singular plural 1st singular hurime hurilerime 2nd singular hurine hurilerine 3rd singular hurisine hurilerine 1st plural hurimize hurilerimize 2nd plural hurinize hurilerinize 3rd plural hurilerine hurilerine locative singular plural 1st singular hurimde hurilerimde 2nd singular hurinde hurilerinde 3rd singular hurisinde hurilerinde 1st plural hurimizde hurilerimizde 2nd plural hurinizde hurilerinizde 3rd plural hurilerinde hurilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular hurimden hurilerimden 2nd singular hurinden hurilerinden 3rd singular hurisinden hurilerinden 1st plural hurimizden hurilerimizden 2nd plural hurinizden hurilerinizden 3rd plural hurilerinden hurilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular hurimin hurilerimin 2nd singular hurinin hurilerinin 3rd singular hurisinin hurilerinin 1st plural hurimizin hurilerimizin 2nd plural hurinizin hurilerinizin 3rd plural hurilerinin hurilerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular huriyim hurilerim 2nd singular hurisin hurilersin 3rd singular huri huridir huriler hurilerdir 1st plural huriyiz hurileriz 2nd plural hurisiniz hurilersiniz 3rd plural huriler hurilerdir