kuori

From Proto-Finnic *koori (compare Estonian koor, Livonian kūoŕ, Veps kor'), from Proto-Uralic *kare (compare Erzya and Moksha карь (kaŕ, “bast shoe”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/, [ˈkuo̞̯ri]
• Rhymes: -uori
• Syllabification^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. skin (of an onion, potato, sausage, cooked milk etc.)
2. peel (of a fruit)
3. shale (shell, husk, cod, pod)
4. shell (of an egg, snail, nut etc.)
5. test (of a marine invertebrate, e.g. sea urchin)
6. husk, hull, cod (of a seed, corn ear etc.)

   riisin kuori ― rice hull / rice husk

7. pod, cod (of pea etc.)
8. bark (of a tree)
9. crust (of the Earth; of bread)
10. Short for kirjekuori (“envelope (paper or cardboard wrapper)”).
11. case, casing, cover (of a lock or some-such)
12. (mental) shell (psychological barrier to social interaction)
13. (physics, chemistry) shell (such as electron shell)
14. (anatomy) cortex (outer layer of an internal organ or body structure)

• nouns: kuoriainen, kuorike, kuorikko, -kuorinen, kuorittaa, kuoriutua, kuorrute, kuorrutus, kuorukka
• verbs: kuorettua, kuoria, kuoriutua, kuorruttaa, kuortua

Borrowed from Swedish kor, through Old Norse kórr from Latin chorus. Doublet of kuoro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/, [ˈkuo̞̯ri]
• Rhymes: -uori
• Syllabification^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. apse, chancel

• kuoriaita
• kuoriaitaus
• kuoripoika

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯ri/, [ˈkuo̞̯ri]
• Rhymes: -uori
• Syllabification^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. third-person singular past indicative of kuoria

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯riˣ/, [ˈkuo̞̯ri(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uori
• Syllabification^(key): kuo‧ri

kuori

1. present active indicative connegative of kuoria
2. second-person singular present imperative of kuoria
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kuoria

• koiru, kouri, kuroi, roiku, ruoki

kuori

1. bark