kàrí
particle
kàíbi (alternative), kàbí (alternative)
Definitions
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Used to make an interrogative question regarding place or time.
Used inkàríbiadv 2 entries are spelled “kàríbi”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. kàríbi where kàíbi alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)Possibly used inkàrìgbìwhen Wiktionary points at “kàrìgbì”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “kàrị̀gbị̀”, which matches once underdots are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “kàrìgbì” may be a word nobody has written up yet. kàrị̀gbị̀ when
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “kàrí”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Possibly from kí (“let”) + à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rí (“to see”), literally “let us see; let us know”. While it is an interrogative marker (see kàríbi (“where”) and kàrìgbì (“when”), it also may be used as a synonym to kàríbi or kàbí. Those in the current Nigerian state of Ekiti may use kàbí or ubi sí, in addition to kàríbi. In the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, they mainly use kàríbi, in addition to kàí or kàbí. All these terms are synonymous and can generally used by any Ekiti speaker regardless of subdialect. The term kàrí is also used in Ijesha.
Component words
kílet
3 entries are spelled “kí”. The etymology calls it “let”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
kí
The name of the Latin script letter K/k.
kí
Subjunctive clause particle expressing obligation, wish, or permission.
kí
to greet, to say hello
à-nominalizing prefixríto see
Used in
Possibly derived from
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káverb
“ká” lists “kárí” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “kárí” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ká
to be everywhere
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alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)
where
alternative form of kàríbi (“where”)
where
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “kari”.
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