curi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "curi"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈku.ɾi]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Etymology 1

Chemical element (edit)
Cm Atomic number 96 curi
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← americi (Am)
Next: berkeli (Bk) →

Noun

curi m (uncountable)

1. curium

Etymology 2

Verb

curi

1. inflection of curar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• cuir

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃúː.ɽìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃúː.ɽìː]

Noun

cūrī̀ m (possessed form cūrìn)

1. ball of food
2. verbal noun of cura

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay curi, from Hindi चोरी (corī, “thief”), from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief, robber”) with the root चुर् (cur, “to steal, rob”). Cognate of Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦃ (corah, “thief, bandit; bad person”), Old Javanese corah, cora (“thief, robber”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuri/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ri]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification: cu‧ri

Verb

curi

1. (imperative, colloquial) imperative colloquial of mencuri (“to steal”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of curi (meng-, transitive)

root	curi
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mencuri	tercuri	dicuri	curi	curilah
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	mencurikan	–	dicurikan	curikan	curikanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• curian
• kecurian
• ketercurian
• mencuri
• mencuri-curi
• pencuri
• pencurian
• tercuri

Related terms

• bramacorah

Further reading

• “curi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ri/
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: cù‧ri

Verb

curi

1. inflection of curare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Malay

Etymology

From Hindi चुराना (curānā) from Hindi चोरी (corī, “thief”), from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief, robber”) with the root चुर् (cur, “to steal, rob”). Cognate of Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦃ (corah, “thief, bandit; bad person”), Old Javanese corah, cora (“thief, robber”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuri/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ri]
• Rhymes: -uri, -i
• Hyphenation: cu‧ri

Verb

curi (Jawi spelling چوري)

1. (transitive) to steal
   1. to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it
   2. to appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement

Adjective

curi (Jawi spelling چوري, comparative lebih curi, superlative paling curi)

1. stealth, hidden, private

   Synonym: diam-diam

Adverb

curi (Jawi spelling چوري)

1. stealth, sneakily, privately

Derived terms

• curi-curi
• curian
• kecurian
• mencuri
• mencuri-curi
• pencuri
• pencurian

• berinai curi
• curi ayam
• curi hati
• curi tulang
• maling curi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: curi (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “چوري tjoeri”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 116
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “چوري churi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 271
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “churi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 243

Further reading

• "curi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "curi" at PRPM first version)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kurʲ]
• Rhymes: -i

Verb

curi

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cura (to clean)

Anagrams

• uric, ciur, Ciur

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

curi (Cyrillic spelling цури)

1. dative/locative singular of cura

Anagrams

• ruci

Taroko

Noun

curi

1. penis

Vietnamese

Chemical element (edit)
Cm Atomic number 96 curi
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← amerixi (Am)
Next: beckeli (Bk) →

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin curium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˧ ɹi˧˧] ~ [ku˧˧ zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: cu Ri

Noun

curi

1. curium

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒyˈre/
• Hyphenation: cu‧re

Noun

curi (f)

1. (chiefly offensive) dwarf (small person)
2. dwarf (something much smaller than the usual of its sort)