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Kri

Kri

See also: kri

English

Proper noun

Kri

  1. A Vietic language spoken in parts of Laos.

kri

kri

See also: Kri

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • krî (Gheg)

Noun

kri f (indefinite plural kri, definite singular kria)

  1. woodworm
  2. furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kriː]

Noun

kri n

  1. animal sound of the tern (terna)

Interjection

kri

  1. animal sound of the tern

Lojban

Rafsi

kri

  1. rafsi of krici.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound).

Noun

kri f

  1. blood

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkríː/
  • Tonal orthography: krȋ

Noun

krí f (genitive krví, uncountable)

  1. blood
    • Srečko Kosovel, Ekstaza Smrti, lines 15-21
      A, iz oblaka večernega (zadnjega
      sla, ki oznanja Evropi še luč!)
      lije kri v moje trudno srce,
      joj, in vode ni več v Evropi
      in mi ludje pijemo kri,
      kri iz večernih sladkih oblakov.
      - Vse je ekstaza, ekstaza smrti. -

Declension


Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *käryā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr, whence also English heart, Old Irish cride. Compare Tocharian B käryāñ (hearts).

Noun

kri

  1. will