riki

See also: ríki and rīki

Chuukese

Verb

riki

  1. to turn, change direction

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish rigg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriki/, [ˈrik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Syllabification(key): ri‧ki
  • Hyphenation(key): ri‧ki

Noun

riki

  1. (nautical) rig
  2. (nautical) shaft of an outboard motor

Declension

Inflection of riki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative riki rikit
genitive rikin rikien
partitive rikiä rikejä
illative rikiin rikeihin
singular plural
nominative riki rikit
accusative nom. riki rikit
gen. rikin
genitive rikin rikien
partitive rikiä rikejä
inessive rikissä rikeissä
elative rikistä rikeistä
illative rikiin rikeihin
adessive rikillä rikeillä
ablative rikiltä rikeiltä
allative rikille rikeille
essive rikinä rikeinä
translative rikiksi rikeiksi
abessive rikittä rikeittä
instructive — rikein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of riki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rikini rikini
accusative nom. rikini rikini
gen. rikini
genitive rikini rikieni
partitive rikiäni rikejäni
inessive rikissäni rikeissäni
elative rikistäni rikeistäni
illative rikiini rikeihini
adessive rikilläni rikeilläni
ablative rikiltäni rikeiltäni
allative rikilleni rikeilleni
essive rikinäni rikeinäni
translative rikikseni rikeikseni
abessive rikittäni rikeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — rikeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rikisi rikisi
accusative nom. rikisi rikisi
gen. rikisi
genitive rikisi rikiesi
partitive rikiäsi rikejäsi
inessive rikissäsi rikeissäsi
elative rikistäsi rikeistäsi
illative rikiisi rikeihisi
adessive rikilläsi rikeilläsi
ablative rikiltäsi rikeiltäsi
allative rikillesi rikeillesi
essive rikinäsi rikeinäsi
translative rikiksesi rikeiksesi
abessive rikittäsi rikeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — rikeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rikimme rikimme
accusative nom. rikimme rikimme
gen. rikimme
genitive rikimme rikiemme
partitive rikiämme rikejämme
inessive rikissämme rikeissämme
elative rikistämme rikeistämme
illative rikiimme rikeihimme
adessive rikillämme rikeillämme
ablative rikiltämme rikeiltämme
allative rikillemme rikeillemme
essive rikinämme rikeinämme
translative rikiksemme rikeiksemme
abessive rikittämme rikeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — rikeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rikinne rikinne
accusative nom. rikinne rikinne
gen. rikinne
genitive rikinne rikienne
partitive rikiänne rikejänne
inessive rikissänne rikeissänne
elative rikistänne rikeistänne
illative rikiinne rikeihinne
adessive rikillänne rikeillänne
ablative rikiltänne rikeiltänne
allative rikillenne rikeillenne
essive rikinänne rikeinänne
translative rikiksenne rikeiksenne
abessive rikittänne rikeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — rikeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rikinsä rikinsä
accusative nom. rikinsä rikinsä
gen. rikinsä
genitive rikinsä rikiensä
partitive rikiään
rikiänsä 		rikejään
rikejänsä
inessive rikissään
rikissänsä 		rikeissään
rikeissänsä
elative rikistään
rikistänsä 		rikeistään
rikeistänsä
illative rikiinsä rikeihinsä
adessive rikillään
rikillänsä 		rikeillään
rikeillänsä
ablative rikiltään
rikiltänsä 		rikeiltään
rikeiltänsä
allative rikilleen
rikillensä 		rikeilleen
rikeillensä
essive rikinään
rikinänsä 		rikeinään
rikeinänsä
translative rikikseen
rikiksensä 		rikeikseen
rikeiksensä
abessive rikittään
rikittänsä 		rikeittään
rikeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — rikeineen
rikeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

riki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りき

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English recce.

Pronunciation

  • (Malaysia) IPA(key): /ˈriki/ [ˈri.ki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ki

Verb

riki

  1. (Malaysia, chiefly Klang Valley, slang) to survey[1]
    Synonyms: tengok, tengok-tengok, usha, usya
    • 2010 June, Umie, “Riki Tempat..”, in Blogger‎[4], archived from the original on 2 December 2019:
      Hari ni umie nak kuar riki tempat..u all tau riki tu apa?
      Umie want to go out today to survey a place..Do y'all know what's 'riki'?

References

  1. ^ Current Event Guys (7 May 2012), “dear malays, what is the meaning of riki?, or reki? i dunno how it is spelt.”, in lowyat.net‎[1], archived from the original on 26 May 2025

Māori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriki/ [ˈɾiki]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *riki (“small” – compare with Tahitian riʻi and riʻi, Tongan iliki and liliki).[1] from Proto-Oceanic *rikit from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dikit (“little, small in amount” – compare with Malay dikit and sedikit “few”).[2][3]

Adjective

riki

  1. small, little
    Synonym: iti
  2. few
    Synonyms: ouou, torutoru
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 414-5
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “riki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 65

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English leek, from Middle English lek, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

    Noun

    riki

    1. leek
    2. onion
      Synonym: aniana

    Further reading

    • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “riki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 396
    • “riki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

    Old Dutch

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“kingdom, realm”).

    Noun

    rīki n

    2. kingdom, realm
    Inflection
    Declension of rīki (neuter ja-stem noun)
    case singular plural
    nominative rīki rīki
    accusative rīki rīki
    genitive rīkis rīco
    dative rīki rīcon
    Descendants
    • Middle Dutch: rike
    Further reading
    • “rīki (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“mighty, rich”).

    Adjective

    rīki

    2. mighty, powerful
    Inflection
    Declension of rīki (ja-stem)
    strong declension
    case masculine feminine neuter plural
    nominative rīki rīki rīki rīca, rīke
    accusative rīken rīca rīki rīca, rīke
    genitive rīkes rīkero rīkes rīkero
    dative rīkin, rīkemo rīkero rīkin, rīkemo rīcon
    weak declension
    case masculine feminine neuter plural
    nominative rīco rīca rīca rīcon
    accusative rīcon rīcon rīca rīcon
    genitive rīkin rīcon rīkin rīcono
    dative rīkin rīcon rīkin rīcon
    Descendants

    Further reading

    • “rīki (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Old Saxon

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈriːki/

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“kingdom, realm”).

    Noun

    rīki n

    2. kingdom, empire
    3. power, authority
    Declension
    rīki (neuter ja-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative rīki rīki
    accusative rīki rīki
    genitive rīkies rīkiō
    dative rīkie rīkium
    instrumental — —
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“mighty, rich”).

    Adjective

    rīki (comparative rīkiro, superlative rīkist)

    2. powerful, mighty
    3. rich
    Declension
    Positive forms of rīki
    Strong declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rīki rīki rīki rīkie, rīkia rīkia rīki, rīkia
    accusative rīkian, rīkien rīkia rīki rīkia, rīkie rīkia rīki, rīkia
    genitive rīkies, rīkias rīkiara, rīkiaro rīkies, rīkias rīkiaro, rīkioro, rīkiero rīkiaro, rīkioro, rīkiero rīkiaro, rīkioro, rīkiero
    dative rīkiumu, rīkium, rīkiun, rīkiun, rīkion, rīkien, rīkian rīkiaro, rīkiaru, rīkiara rīkiumu, rīkium, rīkiun, rīkiun, rīkion, rīkien, rīkian rīkiun, rīkion, rīkium rīkiun, rīkion rīkiun, rīkion, rīkium
    Weak declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rīkio, rīkia rīkia, rīkie rīkia, rīkie rīkion, rīkiun rīkion, rīkiun, rīkian rīkion, rīkiun
    accusative rīkion, rīkian rīkiun, rīkion, rīkian rīkia, rīkie rīkion, rīkiun rīkion, rīkiun, rīkian rīkion, rīkiun
    genitive rīkien, rīkian rīkiun, rīkian, rīkien rīkien, rīkian rīkiono, rīkieno rīkiono rīkiono, rīkieno
    dative rīkion, rīkien, rīkian rīkiun, rīkian rīkion, rīkien, rīkian rīkion, rīkiun rīkion, rīkiun rīkion, rīkiun
    Descendants

    Ternate

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɾi.ki]

    Verb

    riki

    1. (stative) to be close together
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of riki
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person toriki foriki miriki
    2nd person noriki niriki
    3rd
    person     		masculine oriki iriki
    yoriki (archaic)
    feminine moriki
    neuter iriki

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɾi.ki]

    Verb

    riki

    1. (transitive) to attain
    2. (transitive) to reach
    3. (transitive) to seize
    4. (transitive) to know, to gain knowledge of
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of riki
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person toriki foriki miriki
    2nd person noriki niriki
    3rd
    person     		masculine oriki iriki
    yoriki (archaic)
    feminine moriki
    neuter iriki

    References

    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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