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-ri

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Finnish

Etymology

-ra, -r + -i

Suffix

-ri

  1. Forms nouns, usually diminutive ones.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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Igbo

Suffix

-ri

  1. Owerri and Umuahia standard spelling of -li

Jamamadí

Suffix

-ri m (feminine -ro)

  1. (evidential) identifies an action as certain and having occurred in the near past

References

  • 2008 (originally 1976), Robert Campbell, Verification in Jamamadi Quotations, Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, page 4.

Japanese

Romanization

-ri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Middle English

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ri

  1. (West Midland) alternative form of -eren

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ri

  1. alternative form of -erie

Purepecha

Suffix

-ri

  1. genitive suffix

References

  • Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998), section on P'urhépecha

Quechua

Suffix

-ri

  1. Optionally used to mark the topic of a question. Gives a sense of courtesy.
    Karlusri maypim kachkan?
    And where is Carlos?
    Maypitaq tiyankiri?
    And where do you live?

Descendants

  • Spanish: -ri Bolivia

See also

Romanian

Suffix

-ri

  1. plural of -re

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