zuri

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See also: Zuri, Züri, žüri, žuri, and zuří

Basque

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Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻uɾi/ [s̻u.ɾi]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺uɾi/ [s̺u.ɾi]

  • Rhymes: -uɾi
  • Hyphenation: zu‧ri

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Basque *zuri, perhaps from *zur (wood) +‎ *-i.[1]

Adjective

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zuri (comparative zuriago, superlative zurien, excessive zuriegi)

  1. white
  2. white (of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin)
  3. bright
  4. false, hypocrite
  5. lazy, loafing
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Noun

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zuri inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) white
  2. (animate) a white person
  3. (animate) a lazy person, a loafer
  4. (inanimate, music) minim
  5. (inanimate) white wine
    Synonym: ardo zuri
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Derived terms

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See also

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

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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zuri

  1. dative of zu (to you)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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zuri

  1. dative indefinite of zur

References

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  1. ^ zuri” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • zuri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • zuri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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zuri (Cyrillic spelling зури)

  1. inflection of zuriti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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-zuri (declinable)

  1. good, kind
    Antonym: -baya
  2. nice
  3. pretty, beautiful
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic زُور (zūr).

Noun

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zuri (n class, plural zuri)

  1. (rare) perjury, false testimony