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riki

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See also: ríki and rīki

Chuukese

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Verb

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riki

  1. to turn, change direction

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Swedish rigg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈriki/, [ˈrik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation(key): ri‧ki

Noun

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riki

  1. (nautical) rig
  2. (nautical) shaft of an outboard motor

Declension

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Inflection of riki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative riki rikit
genitive rikin rikien
partitive rikiä rikejä
illative rikiin rikeihin
singular plural
nominative riki rikit
accusative nom. riki rikit
gen. rikin
genitive rikin rikien
partitive rikiä rikejä
inessive rikissä rikeissä
elative rikistä rikeistä
illative rikiin rikeihin
adessive rikillä rikeillä
ablative rikiltä rikeiltä
allative rikille rikeille
essive rikinä rikeinä
translative rikiksi rikeiksi
abessive rikittä rikeittä
instructive rikein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of riki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rikini rikini
accusative nom. rikini rikini
gen. rikini
genitive rikini rikieni
partitive rikiäni rikejäni
inessive rikissäni rikeissäni
elative rikistäni rikeistäni
illative rikiini rikeihini
adessive rikilläni rikeilläni
ablative rikiltäni rikeiltäni
allative rikilleni rikeilleni
essive rikinäni rikeinäni
translative rikikseni rikeikseni
abessive rikittäni rikeittäni
instructive
comitative rikeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rikisi rikisi
accusative nom. rikisi rikisi
gen. rikisi
genitive rikisi rikiesi
partitive rikiäsi rikejäsi
inessive rikissäsi rikeissäsi
elative rikistäsi rikeistäsi
illative rikiisi rikeihisi
adessive rikilläsi rikeilläsi
ablative rikiltäsi rikeiltäsi
allative rikillesi rikeillesi
essive rikinäsi rikeinäsi
translative rikiksesi rikeiksesi
abessive rikittäsi rikeittäsi
instructive
comitative rikeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rikimme rikimme
accusative nom. rikimme rikimme
gen. rikimme
genitive rikimme rikiemme
partitive rikiämme rikejämme
inessive rikissämme rikeissämme
elative rikistämme rikeistämme
illative rikiimme rikeihimme
adessive rikillämme rikeillämme
ablative rikiltämme rikeiltämme
allative rikillemme rikeillemme
essive rikinämme rikeinämme
translative rikiksemme rikeiksemme
abessive rikittämme rikeittämme
instructive
comitative rikeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rikinne rikinne
accusative nom. rikinne rikinne
gen. rikinne
genitive rikinne rikienne
partitive rikiänne rikejänne
inessive rikissänne rikeissänne
elative rikistänne rikeistänne
illative rikiinne rikeihinne
adessive rikillänne rikeillänne
ablative rikiltänne rikeiltänne
allative rikillenne rikeillenne
essive rikinänne rikeinänne
translative rikiksenne rikeiksenne
abessive rikittänne rikeittänne
instructive
comitative rikeinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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riki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りき

Maori

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *riki (“small” – compare with Tahitian riʻi and riʻi, Tongan iliki and liliki).[1] from Proto-Oceanic *rikit from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dikit (“little, small in amount” – compare with Malay dikit and sedikit “few”).[2][3]

Adjective

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riki

  1. small, little
    Synonym: iti
  2. few
    Synonyms: ouou, torutoru
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 414-5
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “riki”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 65

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English leek, from Middle English lek, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Noun

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riki

  1. leek
  2. onion
    Synonym: aniana

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “riki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 396
  • riki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (kingdom, realm).

Noun

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rīki n

  1. kingdom, realm
Inflection
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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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  • Middle Dutch: rike
Further reading
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  • rīki (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (mighty, rich).

Adjective

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rīki

  1. mighty, powerful
Inflection
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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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Further reading
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  • rīki (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (kingdom, realm).

Noun

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rīki n

  1. kingdom, empire
  2. power, authority
Declension
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (mighty, rich).

Adjective

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rīki (comparative rīkiro, superlative rīkist)

  1. powerful, mighty
  2. rich
Declension
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Ternate

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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riki

  1. (stative) to be close together
Conjugation
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Conjugation of riki
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toriki foriki miriki
2nd noriki niriki
3rd Masculine oriki iriki, yoriki
Feminine moriki
Neuter iriki
- archaic

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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riki

  1. (transitive) to attain
  2. (transitive) to reach
  3. (transitive) to seize
  4. (transitive) to know, to gain knowledge of
Conjugation
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Conjugation of riki
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toriki foriki miriki
2nd noriki niriki
3rd Masculine oriki iriki, yoriki
Feminine moriki
Neuter iriki
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References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh