# hori
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori Hōri (“George”), itself from English George.

### Noun

hori (plural horis)
* (New Zealand, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Maori.

#### Usage notes

May be pejorative when used by non-Maoris.

### See also

* hori-hori (etymologically unrelated)
* Pakeha

### Anagrams

* Ihor

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoɾi/ [ho.ɾi]
* IPA: (Southern) /oɾi/ [o.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -oɾi, -i
* Hyphenation: ho‧ri

### Etymology 1

Unclear, from Proto-Basque *(h)ori. Possibly contains the adjectival suffix -i, while the first element has been interpreted as (h)or (“dog”), thus literally meaning “the color of dogs” or “tawny”.

#### Adjective

hori (comparative horiago, superlative horien, excessive horiegi)
* yellow
* (journalism) yellow, sensationalist

##### Derived terms

* horikara (“yellowish”)
* horitasun (“yellowness”)
* horitu (“to become yellow”)
* horixka (“yellowish”)
* horizta (“yellowish”)
* horiztatu (“to become yellow”)

#### Noun

hori inan
* yellow

##### Declension
#### See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text) :
| zuri | gris | beltz |
| gorri | laranja; marroi | hori |
| | berde | |
| | oztin | urdin |
| ubel | more | arrosa |

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *(h)ori. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)oR-, with a trill.

#### Determiner

hori (postposed, demonstrative)
* that

##### Declension

$^1$ Only used in certain expressions.

#### Pronoun

hori (demonstrative)
* that one

##### Declension

$^1$ Only used in certain expressions.

##### Derived terms

* hori bai (“however”)
* hori da hori
* horiek horrela (“taking that into account”)
* horixe

### References

* ↑ “hori”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
* ↑ “hori” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
* ↑ Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) “hori”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 2 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 126
* ↑ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2002) “Etimologiae (proto)uasconicae LXV”, in Seminario de Filología Vasca «Julio de Urquijo»‎, page 434

### Further reading

* “hori”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “hori”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
* Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 182

## Ido
### Noun

hori
* plural of horo

## Japanese
### Romanization

hori
* Rōmaji transcription of ほり

## Latin
### Verb

horī
* present active infinitive of horior

### References

* “hori”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Livvi
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhorʲi/
* Hyphenation: ho‧ri
* Rhymes: -orʲi

### Noun

hori
* clothes moth

#### Declension
### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 61

## Middle English
### Adjective

hori
* Alternative form of hory

## Romanian
### Etymology

From horă.

### Verb

a hori (third-person singular present horește, past participle horit) 4th conjugation
* to dance

#### Conjugation
## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English hold.

### Verb

hori
* to hold
* to hold onto, to retain, to catch
    Hori a f’furuman! ― Hold the thief!
* (ambitransitive) to keep (in a particular state)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Omani Arabic هوري (hōrī), from an Indian source, likely Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī) or Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī).

#### Noun

hori class V (plural mahori class VI)
* a kind of canoe

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr).

#### Noun

hori class IX (plural hori class X)
* creek, inlet

### References

* ↑ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Canoe’, Sw hori. From OAr hōri (R: 74), from an Indian language; cf. Gujarati hoḍī ~ hoṛī.”