meri

meri

1. plural of merus

• IMer, Meir, Mire, Remi, emir, mire, reim, riem, rime

• IPA^(key): [meri]

meri

1. dry

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

meri

1. forest

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

1. sea

Declension of meri (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		meri	mered
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mere
genitive			merede
partitive		merd	meresid
illative		merre meresse	meredesse
inessive		meres	meredes
elative		merest	meredest
allative		merele	meredele
adessive		merel	meredel
ablative		merelt	meredelt
translative		mereks	meredeks
terminative		mereni	meredeni
essive		merena	meredena
abessive		mereta	meredeta
comitative		merega	meredega

From Proto-Finnic *meri,^[1] borrowed from some Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári),^[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation^(key): me‧ri

meri

1. sea (a single area or the seas altogether)

• Note the grammatical exception: this word is front-vocalic in all forms (e.g. meressä) except the partitive singular, in which back vowels are used (merta instead of **mertä).

• “meri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

mer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛri]
• Hyphenation: me‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

meri

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mer

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)

1. mare, female horse

   Synonym: hryssa

• ermi, meir, reim

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Estonian meri.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation: me‧ri

meri

1. sea
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:

     Vene ono merel. Levo ono merel.

     The boat is at sea. Levo is at sea.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:

     Merilöin rannoil ono meil paljo suurii linnoja — ono Leningrad, ono Sevastopol, ono paljo muita, niitä kera pittää puulustaa.

     At the shores of the seas we have many big cities — we have Leningrad, we have Sevastopol, we have much more, whom they also need to defend.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 107:

     Kaik noisi elloo i meri, i metsä, i maa.

     Everything brings life, the sea and the forest and the land.

Declension of meri (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	meri	meret
genitive	meren	merriin, merilöin
partitive	mertä, mert	merriä, merilöjä
illative	merree	merrii, merilöihe
inessive	meres	meris, merilöis
elative	merest	merist, merilöist
allative	merelle	merille, merilöille
adessive	merel	meril, merilöil
ablative	merelt	merilt, merilöilt
translative	mereks	meriks, merilöiks
essive	merennä, merreen	merinnä, merilöinnä, merriin, merilöin
exessive1)	merent	merint, merilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (folk poetic) mero

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мери”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 667
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 305
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[5], →ISBN, page 80

meri

1. masculine plural of mero

• ermi, mire, remi, rime

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

meri (genitive meren, partitive mertä)

1. sea

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.riː/, [ˈmɛriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri/, [ˈmɛːri]

merī

1. genitive singular of merum

merī

1. inflection of merus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

meri

1. sea

meri

1. Alternative form of mery

From Proto-West Germanic *mari.

meri n

1. lake, sea

• merikalf (“seal”)
• *meriska (“low-lying pasture near water”)
• meriswīn (“porpoise”)
• *merithi (“pool, group of offshoots of a river”)

• Middle Dutch: mēre, mare
  • Dutch: meer, (regional) maar

• “meri”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

meri m pl

1. plural of măr

Ultimately from Latin meridies

meri

1. afternoon

meri (Cyrillic spelling мери)

1. inflection of meriti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

meri

1. to touch

meri

1. duck
2. teal

From English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.

meri

1. woman

   Coordinate term: man

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:22:

     Orait God i wokim wanpela meri long dispela bun em i bin kisim long man, na bihain em i bringim meri i go long man.

     →New International Version translation

2. wife

   Coordinate terms: man, maritman

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:17:

     Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.

     →New International Version translation

meri

1. female

   Coordinate term: man

From Armenian մարի (mari, “hen, female of any bird”).

meri (definite accusative meriyi, plural meriler)

1. (dialect, Elazığ, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş) female partridge

• “meri (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

meri

1. sea

Inflection of meri (inflection type 4/meri)
nominative sing.	meri
genitive sing.	meren
partitive sing.	mert
partitive plur.	merid
	singular	plural
nominative	meri	mered
accusative	meren	mered
genitive	meren	meriden
partitive	mert	merid
essive-instructive	meren	merin
translative	mereks	merikš
inessive	meres	meriš
elative	merespäi	merišpäi
illative	merehe	merihe
adessive	merel	meril
ablative	merelpäi	merilpäi
allative	merele	merile
abessive	mereta	merita
comitative	merenke	meridenke
prolative	mertme	meridme
approximative I	merenno	meridenno
approximative II	merennoks	meridennoks
egressive	merennopäi	meridennopäi
terminative I	merehesai	merihesai
terminative II	merelesai	merilesai
terminative III	meressai	—
additive I	merehepäi	merihepäi
additive II	merelepäi	merilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

1. sea

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈmerʲi]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation: me‧ri

meri

1. sea

Declension of meri (type X/tuli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meri	mered
genitive	mere	merije, merii
partitive	merte	meriite, merii
illative	merre, merrese	meriise
inessive	merez	meriiz
elative	meresse	meriisse
allative	merele	meriile
adessive	merelle	meriille
ablative	merelte	meriilte
translative	meressi	meriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “meri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn