ri

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Chinese 里 (lǐ). Doublet of li.

ri (plural ris or ri)

1. (Units of measure) A Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

ri

1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.

• IR, Ir., ir-

From Proto-Albanian *(h)eríja- 'of this time, from this time, presently, of now > new, recent', a derivative of Alb. herë '(one) time, hour' etc., which is an old loan-word from Latin hōra 'time, hour' etc.; the Albanian substantive is historically not compatible with a reconstruction Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥wo-, zero-grade of *h₁orwo- (compare Old English earu (“quick”), Tocharian B ārwer (“ready”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙 (aruuant, “quick, brave”)), as has been proposed in the literature. According to R. Matasovic (A grammatical sketch of Albanian for students of Indo-European. Zadar 2018), the etymology of the adjective is controversial and has no accepted source or from substrate.

• IPA^(key): [ɾi]

i ri (feminine e re, masculine plural të rinj, feminine plural të reja)

1. young

   një vajzë e re

   a young girl

2. new

   filma të rinj

   new movies

• Neri, Sergio, Article ri (i), re (e) in: Bardhyl Demiraj, Olav Hackstein, Sergio Neri und Ania Omari. DPEWA, Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen“ (15.-18. Jh.), München 2018-2021 (https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=14385)

ri

1. (Mpakwithi) excrement

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Inherited from Spanish reir (“to laugh”).

ri

1. to laugh

• rei (Revived Late Cornish)

From Middle Cornish ry, from Proto-Brythonic *rroɣid, from Proto-Celtic *rogīti. Cognate with Breton reiñ and Welsh rhoi.

ri (irregular)

1. to give
2. to grant

   Synonym: grontya

3. to present

   Synonyms: komendya, presentya

• rau

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

ri (feminine raja)

1. bad

From Middle Low German rigen (“to put in folds”), from or related to Old Saxon rekkian (“to extend”). Distantly related to Old Norse rekja (“to unfold, unwind”), hence a doublet of række (“to reach”).

• IPA^(key): /riː/, [ʁiːˀ]

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

1. baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)

• rining

A de novo creation, following the pattern of the other monosyllabic pronouns and with one of the few available consonants (the others being *bi, *gi, *hi, *zi).

• IPA^(key): /ri/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ri

ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)

1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
   • 1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?

     Why is it important, who they are?

   • 2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio:

     Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu

     A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore

   • 2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:

     Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.

     They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.

In 1976, the gender-neutral pronoun ri was presented for the first time alongside the pronouns li (he) and ŝi (she). Until about 2010, it remained a seldom used experimental word, but after 2010 its use has increased significantly, especially in youth circles in Western countries. Comparable to English epicene pronouns. Also read about gender reform in Esperanto. Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli.

• (neologism, non standard) ŝli

• riismo (“ri-ism”)

• “ri”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

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ri (feminine rie, masculine plural ris, feminine plural ries)

1. past participle of rire

ri

1. inflection of rir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular preterite indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

From Portuguese rir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ri.

ri

1. to laugh

• IPA^(key): /ɣi/

From French rue.

ri

1. street

• lari

From French rire (“laugh, laughter”).

ri

1. laugh, laughter

From French rire (“to laugh”).

ri

1. to laugh; to laugh at

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 169

• IPA^(key): /rìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rìː]

r̃ī̀

1. people or animals moving as a group

• (inherent tone): IPA^(key): /rí/

ri

1. to eat, to absorb.

   Ha na-eri nri.

   They are eating food.

   • 2019, Bịabụlụ Nsọ nʼIgbo Ndị Ugbu a, Biblica Inc., Luke 24:43:

     O we nara ya, rie n'iru ha.

     He then took it and ate it in front of them.

2. to acquire.

ri m

1. masculine plural of rio

• ir-

ri

1. The hiragana syllable り (ri) or the katakana syllable リ (ri) in Hepburn romanization.

ri

1. romanization of ꦫꦶ

From Portuguese rir.

ri

1. to laugh

ri

1. the

• IPA^(key): [ri]

ri

1. to stand
   • 2020, Lidia Mazzitelli, Valency-Changing Morphology in Lakurumau, a Western Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea, Oceanic Linguistics vol. 59, no. 1/2, page 199:

     (a.)
     A	flu	a=ri
     ART	house	3SG.S=stand
     "The house stands."

     (b.)
     Ne	va-ri	a	flu
     1	SG	CAUS-stand	ART	house
     "I built [lit. caused to stand] a house."

2. used with weaker or extended meaning
   • 2020, Lidia Mazzitelli, Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea, page 228:

     Layaf	ne	ri	lo	bina	laba
     yesterday	1SG	stand	LOC	village	big
     "Yesterday I was in town"

   • 2020, Lidia Mazzitelli, Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea, page 233:

     A	flu	akam	u	ri	bot-in-an
     ART	house	that	3NSG.SM	stand	cover-TR-AN
     "They had tabooed that house"

   • 2020, Lidia Mazzitelli, Valency-Changing Morphology in Lakurumau, a Western Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea, Oceanic Linguistics vol. 59, no. 1/2, page 199:

     Fa-ri	va-laak!
     CAUS-stand	CAUS-go.up
     "Put it [a dress] on!"

• Lidia Mazzitelli, Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea (2020)
• Lidia Mazzitelli, Valency-Changing Morphology in Lakurumau, a Western Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea, Oceanic Linguistics vol. 59, no. 1/2 (2020)

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [ɹi˧˧]
• (Chipwe) IPA^(key): [ɹi˨˩]
• (Mongko) IPA^(key): [le˥˥]
• Hyphenation: ri

ri

1. Used to mark the preceding noun as a direct object.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:1 [Genesis 1:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[4], page 2:

     Xang꞉ shiˮ moo Mangsoo gi mougkhung꞉ yoʼ myidjang ri phainˮ so꞉ toˮ.

     First, God created heaven and earth.

2. Used to form an adverbial phrase from a verb phrase.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 11:1 [Genesis 11:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[5]:

     Xang꞉ shiˮ ri moug꞉ gyab goinˮ moo myeingˮ daja꞉ za꞉ kaid lho꞉ dang꞉ daja꞉ kyeingˮ joꓹ boem.

     First in the entire world there was just one language and only one speech.

• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[6], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 22
• Hideo Sawada (2024), “Differences between ‘Lacid’ and ‘Leqi’”, in Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages, volume 6, pages 33-54

Likely from Proto-Kuki-Chin *reel (“"count, read"”)^[1]

ri

1. to read^[2]

Cognate with Lugbara rï.

• IPA^(key): [rɨ̀]
• Hyphenation: ri

rĩ

1. (intransitive) to sit

Conjugation of -rĩ- (intransitive)
		singular			plural			indefinite
		I	II	III	I	II	III
past indicative	long	má rĩ	nyí rĩ	rĩ	ãmã rĩ	ãnyĩ rĩ	rĩ kí	órĩ
	short	árĩ	írĩ	orĩ	ãrĩ	ĩrĩ	orĩ kí
nonpast indicative	L.	má rĩ1)	nyí rĩ1)	kórĩ1)	ãmá rĩ1)	ãnyí rĩ1)	kórĩ1) kí	á'di rĩ1)
	B.	má rĩ	nyí rĩ	kúrĩ	ãmã rĩ	ãnyĩ rĩ	kúrĩ kí	árĩ
imperative	L.	mã rĩ	nyĩ rĩ	kõrĩ	ãmã rĩ	ãnyĩ rĩ	kõrĩ kí	órĩ1)
	B.	ãmá rĩ	ãnyí rĩ	kũrĩ			kũrĩ kí	árĩ1)
		simple subordinate	objective subordinate	subjective subordinate I		subjective subordinate II		indirect subordinate
				singular	plural	singular	plural
		rĩka	rĩlé	rĩre	rĩ'bá	rĩ'di	rĩka	rĩjó
1) The root is preceded by a low floating tone, which is realised on the final vowel of the preceding syllable, or as a contour tone on the first vowel of the root.

• Frederick K. Kamoga (1971), Madi instructions, United States Peace Corps, page 8
• Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 650

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

• IPA^(key): [ri]

ri (Lontara spelling ᨑᨗ)

1. general preposition (in, at, to etc.)

ri

1. nonstandard spelling of rī
2. nonstandard spelling of rì

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *rii.

ri

1. boundary, border

ri (stem II rîk)

1. to make a sound or noise

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “ri”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

ri

1. woman

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

ri

1. skin

• Newton Hamlin, Biaka Organised Phonology Data (1992)
• Wietze Baron, Kwomtari Survey (1983)

• IPA^(key): /riː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ri

Inherited from Old Norse hríð (“attack, assault; bout of bad weather; storm; period of time”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (“sudden onset, attack; seizure, fit; storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt- (“to wind, twist, bend”), ultimately from *(s)ker- (“to wind, twist, bend”). The development of meaning is from a violent rush or onset to a sudden attack, bout, spell, or short period.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“bout, fit; period of time”), Icelandic hríð (“storm, snowstorm; bout, fit; period”), Faroese ríð (“snowstorm; spell, period”) and Old English hrīþ (“sudden attack; seizure, fit; storm”).

ri f or m (definite singular ria or rien, indefinite plural rier, definite plural riene)

1. (archaic) a violent attack or strong onslaught, especially in battle
   • 1914, Alexander Bugge, Gustav Storm, Sverres saga, page 34:

     kong Sverre gjør eder nok endda en værre rid, før han dør

     King Sverre will surely make an even worse attack on you before he dies

2. (chiefly dialectal) a period of hard weather; a bout of bad weather or storm

   Det kom ei ny ri med snø og vind. ― There came a new spell of snow and wind.

   • 1896, Thomas Krag, Ada Wilde, page 253:

     der kommer en rid, som vil vare baade længe og vel

     there is a spell of bad weather coming, which will last both long and well

3. a sudden bout, fit, attack, or spell of pain, emotion, mood, illness, activity, or similar

   Synonyms: anfall, raptus

   Han fikk en ri med latter. ― He had a fit of laughter.

   • 1892, Jonas Lie, Trold. Ny Samling, page 127:

     [han] lo rid paa rid, som han var besat

     [he] laughed fit after fit, as if he were possessed

   • 1923, Olaf Benneche, Stjernene flimrer, page 42:

     rier av lykke og bitter ve

     bouts of happiness and bitter pain

   • 1988, Ailo Gaup, Trommereisen:

     Når de våknet opp etter ei ri, hadde de delirium og bondeanger

     When they woke up after a bout, they had delirium and remorse

   • 2005, Thure Erik Lund, Uranophilia:

     bitterheten utviklet seg … til ei slags ri, hvor jeg begynte å sparke ned stoler og hamre på vegger og bordplater

     the bitterness developed … into a kind of fit, where I began kicking over chairs and hammering on walls and tabletops

   • 2008, Torun Lian, Undrene i vår familie:

     det går en ri av frost gjennom henne

     a shiver of cold runs through her

4. a contraction during childbirth; a labour pain

   Synonyms: fødselsri, fødselsve

   • 1921, Sigrid Undset, Husfrue, page 85:

     Kristin [halvsov] mellem hver ri

     Kristin [half-slept] between each contraction

   • 2004, Susanne Agerholm, Liv laga:

     når [fødselen] går riktig for seg, når riene kommer som de skal

     when [the birth] proceeds properly, when the contractions come as they should

   • 2005, Linn Ullmann, Et velsignet barn:

     det var fem minutter mellom riene

     there were five minutes between the contractions

   • 2021, Maria Navarro Skaranger, Emily forever, page 116:

     hver gang riene kommer, puster [Emily] sakte uuut, og hun teller sekunder inni seg

     each time the contractions come, [Emily] breathes slowly ooout, and counts seconds inside herself

5. a sudden epidemic or outbreak of disease

   Det gikk en ri med meslinger i bygda. ― There was a sudden outbreak of measles in the village.

   • 1935, Gabriel Scott, Skipper Terkelsens levnetsløp, page 139:

     [vekkelsen] gik som en ri over byer og bygder med møter og sang

     [the revival] passed like a sudden outbreak over towns and villages with meetings and singing

6. a sudden spell or period of activity, urge, or drive
   • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde, volume I, page 197:

     han maatte arbeide med hver ting i rider

     he had to work on each thing in spells

   • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde, volume I, page 198:

     [Geissler lå] længe i sengen og var slap, riden var gaat av ham

     [Geissler lay] long in bed and was weak; the spell had left him

   • 2005, Thure Erik Lund, Uranophilia:

     ei ri med bilkjøring

     a spell of driving

7. (chiefly dialectal) a short while, moment, or spell of time
   • (Can we date this quote?), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 132:

     [jeg ble så søvnig] at jeg lagde mig nedpå [marken] en liden rid

     [I became so sleepy] that I lay down [on the ground] for a little while

   • 1899, Jonas Lie, Faste Forland, page 236:

     naar brændingen et rid havde, draget sig som høiest opover stenvæggen og forsank sig igjen

     when the surf for a moment had drawn itself as high as possible up the stone wall and sank back again

Inherited from Old Norse ríða (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- (“to set in motion, ride”), likely a suffixed form of *h₃reyH- (“to move, churn”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ri, ride, Danish ride, Swedish rida, Icelandic ríða, Faroese ríða, German reiten, Dutch rijden and English ride.

• ride

ri (imperative ri or rid, present tense rir or rider, passive ris or rides, simple past red or rei, supine ridd, past participle ridd, present participle riende or ridende, verbal noun ridning)

1. to ride; to sit on the back of a horse or other riding animal and move forward by making it walk, trot, or gallop

   Hun lærte å ri da hun var barn. ― She learned to ride when she was a child.

   • traditional, Matt [Matthew], 21:5:

     se, din konge kommer til deg, ydmyk er han og rir på et esel og på trekkdyrets fole

     behold, your king comes to you, humble, riding on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden

   • 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 165:

     han rider på sin hvide stridshest

     he rides on his white warhorse

   • 1957, Axel Jensen, Ikaros, page 81:

     hver gang jeg har perm tar jeg kamelen min og rir en tur i ørkenen

     every time I have leave, I take my camel and ride for a trip in the desert

   • 2015, Øystein Dolmen, Gustav Lorentzen, Knutsen & Ludvigsen. Alle sangene, page 48:

     når månen lyser klart, svinger jeg hatten, rir gjennom natten, nesten som et olja lyn

     when the moon shines bright, I swing my hat, ride through the night, almost like greased lightning

2. to cycle; to sit on and ride a bicycle or similar vehicle
   • 2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 1, page 416:

     som om den lette vinglingen motbakken forårsaket, ikke bare gjaldt for sykkelen han red, men også for hvem han var

     as if the slight wobbling caused by the uphill slope applied not only to the bicycle he was riding, but also to who he was

3. to sit or move astride something; to straddle something

   Gutten red på gelenderet. ― The boy slid astride the banister.

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 28:

     bagefter rider en kærring på en lime

     afterwards an old woman rides on a broom

   • 1882, Jonas Lie, Gaa paa!, page 132:

     [matrosen satt] og red over bommen

     [the sailor sat] astride the boom

   • 1974, Jens Bjørneboe, Haiene, page 86:

     de sitter og rider på rærne over hele riggen

     they sit astride the yards all over the rigging

4. (of a male animal) to mount a female animal for mating; to cover
   • 1926, Mikkjel Fønhus, Reinsbukken på Jotunfjell, page 37:

     [bukken] holdt på og ridde en semle

     [the buck] was mounting a doe

5. (sexuality) to be the person on top during sexual intercourse, moving astride one's partner; to ride
   • 1991, Odd Klippenvåg, Et virkelig liv, page 61:

     jeg red henne, og plutselig ble hun mykere

     I rode her, and suddenly she became softer

   • 2004, Bertrand Besigye, Svastikastjernen, page 29:

     hun satt skrevs over ereksjonen og begynte å ri meg

     she sat astride the erection and began to ride me

   • 2014, Lars Mytting, Svøm med dem som drukner, page 76:

     hun sto bøyd over meg som om hun ville ri meg

     she stood bent over me as if she wanted to ride me

6. (folklore, of a supernatural being, especially a mare) to sit astride the chest of a sleeping person and cause nightmares or madness
   • 1859, P.A. Munch, Norges Konge-Sagaer, volume I, page 11:

     da han netop var sovnet, raabte han og sagde, at maren reed ham

     just as he had fallen asleep, he cried out and said that the mare was riding him

7. to plague, haunt, or torment someone persistently

   Hva er det som rir deg? ― What has got into you?

   • 1927, Sigurd Hoel, Syndere i sommersol, page 174:

     selve djævelen rir den fordømte Erna

     the devil himself is riding that damned Erna

   • 1974, Kjell Askildsen, Kjære, kjære Oluf, page 62:

     – Hva fankern er det som rir deg? Sitter og fornærmer kameraten min

     “What the hell has got into you? Sitting there insulting my friend.”

   • 1999, Elin Brodin, Unaturlig, page 147:

     «Hva er det som rir deg?» sa min mor ofte da jeg var liten, og jeg kunne ikke svare

     “What has got into you?” my mother often said when I was little, and I could not answer

   1. (of pain, fear, anxiety, urge, etc.) to press upon, trouble, or plague someone

   Dødsangsten red ham. ― Fear of death oppressed him.

   • 2000, Kari Bøge, For alt jeg vet, page 288:

     kanskje er det dårlig samvittighet som rir dem

     perhaps it is a guilty conscience that is plaguing them

8. to sail or move upon the sea, waves, or a swell; to ride a wave
   • 1906, Andreas Haukland, Havet, page 32:

     smaa skumflager ridende paa dønningerne

     small flakes of foam riding on the swells

   • 1985, Bjørg Vik, En gjenglemt petunia, page 94:

     de ser på havet og fuglene, og på surferne som rir på dønningene

     they look at the sea and the birds, and at the surfers riding the swells

9. to take advantage of, benefit from, or be carried along by something

   Partiet red på en popularitetsbølge. ― The party rode a wave of popularity.

10. (poetic, of a storm or bad weather) to rage, sweep, or move violently
    • 1870, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Arnljot Gelline, page 9:

      vinteren red over [Jemtlands]sletten

      winter swept across the [Jämtland] plain

Inherited from Old Norse riða (“to twist; to bind, tie”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). The nautical sense developed from the older meaning “to twist, bind, tie” to “tighten, lash fast”.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk vri (“to twist, turn”), Swedish vrida (“to twist, turn”), Danish vride (“to twist, wring”), Icelandic ríða (“to twist, wind”) and English writhe.

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, passive ris, simple past rei or ridde, supine ridd, past participle ridd, present participle riende, verbal noun riing)

1. (nautical) to tighten a rope, cable, or similar; to lash tightly

   Tauet ble ridd fast til stevnen. ― The rope was lashed tightly to the bow.

   ri under halsen — to draw the tack of a lower sail tight

• ir

• “ri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ri_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ri_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /riː/

From Old Norse hríð.

• rid (non-standard since 1938)

ri f (definite singular ria, indefinite plural rier, definite plural riene)

1. attack, sudden pain or mood
2. a short while
3. period with harsh weather

From Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

• rida, ride

ri (present tense rir, past tense rei, past participle ridd or ridt or ride, present participle ridande, imperative ri)

1. to ride (an animal)

• reia, reie

• “ri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ir

• IPA^(key): /ri/

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi

ri

1. thorn
2. thorny plant

• rwi
• hri, ĕri

• Javanese: ꦫꦶ (ri)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, from Proto-Austronesian *di. Compare Makasar ri (ᨑᨗ).

ri

1. prepositional particle

• i

• Javanese: ꦫꦶ (ri)

• Rhymes: -i

ri

1. inflection of rir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular preterite indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

From French rue.

ri (Low Creole)

1. street

• ru (High Creole)

From French riz.

ri

1. rice

• dori
• dri (High Creole)

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 299

From Middle Irish fri (“towards, against”), from Old Irish fri. Cognates include Irish fré and Manx rish.

• IPA^(key): /ɾʲi/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ði]

ri (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article ris)

1. to, against, with

   ris a' ghaoith ― against the wind

2. up

   chaidh iad ris an leathad ― they went up the hillside

3. as [with cho ‘as, so’]

   Tha Seòras cho righinn ri ròn. ― George is as tough as nails. (literally, “George is as tough as a seal.”)

4. Used with a noun or verbal noun to express up to or involved in

   Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh. ― Those children were up to no good.

   Bha i an urra ris an losgadh anns a' Chròthais beagan bhliadhnachan an dèidh cogadh Iugoslabhach. ― She was responsible for the shooting in Croatia a few years after the Yugoslav War.

• In the Lewis dialect, ri can be used instead of ag/a' before a verbal noun to form present participles where there is no direct object:

  tha mi ri seinn ― I am singing (As opposed to tha mi a' seinn, which has the same meaning.)

• Followed by a prepositional pronoun takes a passive voice meaning:

  Tha na h-eòin tarraingeach rin amharc. ― The birds are attractive to watch. (literally, “The birds are attractive to their watching.”)

ri

1. water

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

ri

1. water

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

ri

1. romanization of 𒊑 (ri)

From Old Chinese 里 (*rɯʔ). Cognate with Tocharian B rīye.^[1]

ri

1. city

ri

1. house, home, dwelling
2. building
3. nest, room

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɪj˧˧]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ri • (𱓜)

1. (now chiefly in compounds, of stature) small; miniature

Part of the r-series of demonstratives, along with rày, rứa, ru, sao.

ri • (夷, 𱓜)

1. (Central Vietnam) like this

   Ao ni su ri.

   This pond is so deep.

ri

1. soft mutation of rhi

• IPA^(key): /ɾí/

rí

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

From Proto-Yoruboid *lí, cognate with Igala lí.

• IPA^(key): /ɾí/

rí

1. (transitive) to see, to find

   Bí ojú bá rí, ẹnu a dákẹ́. ― One should not say everything they see.

   Mo rí ajá rẹ níjẹrin. ― I saw your dog three days ago.

   Ǹjẹ́ ẹ ti rí ọkọ̀ yín? ― Have you found your car?

2. (intransitive) to look like

   Báwo l'ó ṣé ń rí? ― What does it usually look like?

Yoruba varieties and languages: rí (“to see”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào			rí
			Ìdóàní		rí
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			í
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		í
		Ìjẹ̀bú			rí
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	rí
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	rí
				Ìkòròdú	rí
				Ṣágámù	rí
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			rí
			Òkìtìpupa		rí
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			rí
			Mahin		rí
		Oǹdó			í
			Oǹdó		í
		Usẹn			rí
			Usẹn		rí
	Ìtsẹkírì				rí
		Ìwẹrẹ			rí
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	rí
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	rí
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	rí
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)			rí
			Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)		rí
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)			rí
			Iléṣà (Uléṣà)		rí
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			rí
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		rí
		Ẹ̀gbá			rí
			Abẹ́òkúta		rí
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká		rí
		Èkó			rí
			Èkó		rí
		Ìbàdàn			rí
			Ìbàdàn		rí
		Ìbàràpá			rí
			Igbó Òrà		rí
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			rí
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		rí
		Ìgbómìnà			rí
			Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún		rí
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA		rí
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA		rí
			Ìsin LGA		rí
		Ìlọrin			rí
			Ìlọrin		rí
		Oǹkó	Òtù		rí
			Ìwéré Ilé		rí
			Òkèhò		rí
			Ìsẹ́yìn		rí
			Ṣakí		rí
			Tedé		rí
			Ìgbẹ́tì		rí
		Ọ̀yọ́			rí
			Ọ̀yọ́		rí
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		rí
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		rí
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			rí
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		rí
		Owé			rí
			Kabba		rí
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana			rí
			Sokode		rí
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			rí
			Baàtɛ		rí
		Ìdàácà			rí
			Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	rí
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Onigbolo	rí
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		rí
			Atakpamɛ		rí
			Boko		rí
			Moretan		rí
			Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)		rí
		Kura	Awotébi		lí
			Partago		rí
		Northern Nago	Kambole		í
			Manigri		í
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

• IPA^(key): /ɾí/

rí

1. already, yet, before

   N̄ kò ì tí ì rí i rí. ― I haven't seen it before.

   A ti jẹ ìrẹsì yẹn rí. ― We've already tried that rice.

• nígbà kan rí (“once upon a time”)

• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɾì/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɾī/

rì

1. (intransitive) to sink, to drown
2. (transitive) to sink

ri

1. alternative form of rì (“to sink”) used before object nouns

From Proto-Iranian *rauda- (“appearance”) (with semantic shift "growth, development" > "appearance"), from Proto-Iranian *Hraud- (“to grow (bigger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).^[1][2]

Cognate with Persian رو (rû, “face”), Northern Kurdish rû (“face”), etc.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ri

ri m

1. face