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kuri

Bingham

kúri

a. hundred thousand.
ex.
  • te kuri 100,000.
  • ua kuri 200,000 etc.

kúri

adv. within a little.

kúri

ex. vi tai kuri do not be in haste.

Sabatier

kuri

n. kurikuri: precipitation, excitement.
ex.
  • e kuri n... almost...
  • e kuri ni baka: he nearly fell.
suf. to many compound words: ie ni kuri, ira ni kuri, etc.
vt. v.t. kuria, kurikuria: to grab, to seize, to snatch away quickly.
n. te moti ni kuri: hasty judgement, rash judgement.

Topics: Numbers and counting