mari

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

Probably from an irregular shortened form of maior, maiōrem (“bigger”); alternatively from Latin mās, marem (“male”), with a shift in meaning. Compare Megleno-Romanian mari and Romanian mare, and see there for a more detailed etymology.

Adjective

mari (plural mãri or mar)

1. big, large, great

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-ari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾi/ [ˈma.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri

Verb

mári (plural marari, Basahan spelling ᜋᜍᜒ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to come

   Synonym: madya

   Mari! (Mari digdi!)

   Come here!

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja.

Noun

mari (genitive marja, partitive marja)

1. berry
2. (uncountable) roe (eggs of fish)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑri/, [ˈmɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧ri

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Eastern Mari мари (mari, “Mari person”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of marihuana.

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mira, Rami, armi, rami, rima

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French mari, from Latin marītus.

Etymology 2

Clipping of marijuana.

Further reading

• “mari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mira
• rami
• rima

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātrem.

Noun

mari f (plural maris)

1. mother

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɻi/

Noun

mari

1. aboriginal person

   Burrula nhama mari.

   There are many people.

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmari/

Noun

mari (plural marinu)

1. spouse (husband or wife)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒri]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

Adjective

mari (not comparable)

1. Mari (of or relating to Mari El, its people or language)

   Synonym: (dated) cseremisz

Noun

mari (countable and uncountable, plural marik)

1. Mari (person)
2. Mari (language)

   Synonym: (dated) cseremisz

Further reading

• mari in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Etymology

From Malay mari, from Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmari/ [ˈma.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ma‧ri

Verb

mari

1. to come here
2. let; let's

   Mari kita coba.

   Let's have a try.

Interjection

mari

1. come on!

   Synonym: (informal) ayo

Further reading

• “mari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: mà‧ri

Noun

mari m

1. plural of mare
2. plural of maro

Anagrams

• Mira, armi, mira, rami, rima

Romanization

mari

1. Rōmaji transcription of まり

Romanization

mari

1. romanization of ꦩꦫꦶ

Etymology 1

Inflected form of the noun mare (“sea”).

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the noun mās (“man”).

Etymology 3

Inflected form of the adjective mās (“manly, masculine”).

Noun

mari

1. place for unhusked paddy
2. (anatomy) spleen

Etymology

From French mari (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾi/

Noun

mari

1. husband.

Alternative forms

• ماري

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

Verb

mari

1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

Interjection

mari

1. come on

Descendants

• → Negeri Sembilan Malay: maghih

Numeral

mari (Raguileo spelling)

1. ten

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɻi/

Noun

mari

1. younger sister

See also

• thurtu

References

• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Etymology 1

Probably from an irregular shortened form of maior, maiōrem (“bigger”); alternatively from Latin mās, marem (“male”), with a shift in meaning. Compare Istro-Romanian mari, and Romanian mare, and see there for a more detailed etymology.

Etymology 2

From Latin mare. Compare Romanian mare, Megleno-Romanian amari.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mārī.

Adjective

māri

1. famous

Etymology 1

From Latin marītus.

Etymology 2

see marrir

Noun

mari

1. inflection of marr:
   1. dative singular
   2. accusative plural

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri

Adjective

mari (noun form mari)

1. angry

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mari”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 265, column 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marʲ]

Adjective

mari

1. nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mare

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mari

1. (Campidanese) sea