pori

From Proto-Finnic *poro. Compare Finnish poro (“grounds, ashes”), Ingrian poro (“litter, ash; lye”), Karelian poro (“ash, lye”), Ludian poro (“lye”), Veps poro (“ash”), Votic poro (“ash”).

pori (genitive pori, partitive pori)

1. mud

• M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “pori”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
• pori in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

From Dutch porie, from French pore, der Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpori]
• Hyphenation: po‧ri

pori (plural pori-pori, first-person possessive poriku, second-person possessive porimu, third-person possessive porinya)

1. pore: a tiny opening in the skin; small openings.

• “pori” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ri/
• Rhymes: -ɔri
• Hyphenation: pò‧ri

pori m

1. plural of poro

• Ipro, opri, piro-

From Proto-Cariban *pôre (“lower leg”); compare Apalaí pori, Trió përi, Ye'kwana jode, Yao (South America) pollelii.

• IPA^(key): [poːɺ̢i]

pori (possessed poriry)

1. lower leg, shin, calf
2. leg
3. branch
4. lower arm, forearm

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 349
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “poli”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 380; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, ; Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 371

pori m

1. (dialectal) nominative plural of pors
2. (dialectal) vocative plural of pors

pori n

1. tail

• Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868), “pori”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a

From Old Armenian փոր (pʿor, “bowels, entrails”). Doublet of per.

• puri

pori

1. entrails, bowels

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868), “pori”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a

Borrowed from Arabic بُور‎ (būr).

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pori (ma class, plural mapori)

1. wilderness (uncultivated tract of land)

• Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43 Nr. 335

pori

1. masculine plural of poro

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔri/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːri/, /ˈpɔri/

pori (first-person singular present poraf)

1. to graze
2. to browse