zori

See also:zōriandзори

English

Alternative forms

• zōri,zouri

Etymology

FromJapaneseThảo lí(zōri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈzɔːɹi/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (without thehorse–hoarsemerger)IPA^(key):/ˈzoəɹi/

Noun

zori(pluralzoriorzoris)

1. A Japanesesandalmade from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with akimonoforformaloccasions.
   • 1983July, Tony Annesi,Dogu: Tools For the Way,Black Belt,page 70,

     Zorishould be left at the edge of the training area so they can easily be stepped into. In Western dojo, this is sometimes impractical, butzorishould at least be put on as soon as possible after leaving the training area.

   • 1984,Morgan Yamanaka, “Morgan Yamanaka: Tule Lake”, in John Tateishi, editor,And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps,page117:

     […]and they had a machine gun aimed at us, and we stood in the snow for three, four, five hours in our underwear andzoris.

   • 1997,Arthur Golden,Memoirs of a Geisha,Vintage, published1998,page25:

     She took a while getting her crooked feet into herzori,but finally turned toward Mr. Tanaka and gave him a look he seemed to understand at once, because he left the room, closing the door behind him.

   • 2008,Roy Inman,The Judo Handbook,page14:

     Traditionally,zoriare worn to and from the place of practice.Zoriare similar to flip-flops and used to be made from straw.

2. (especially Southeast US)Asandal,usually ofrubber,securedto thefootby twostrapsmounted between the bigtoeand its neighbour.

   Synonym:flip-flop

   • 1980,Stephen King,The Mist:

     He ran back and I watched him go, legs pumping, soles of hiszorishowing.

See also

• geta(clogs)

Further reading

• zorion Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rizo

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/s̻oɾi/[s̻o.ɾi]

• IPA^(key):(most dialects)/s̻oɾi/[s̻o.ɾi]
• IPA^(key):(Biscayan)/s̺oɾi/[s̺o.ɾi]

• Rhymes:-oɾi
• Hyphenation:zo‧ri

Etymology 1

FromProto-Basque*zori(“bird, luck”).

Noun

zoriinan

1. luck,chance,fate,fortune

   Synonym:adur

Declension

Declension ofzori(inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zori	zoria	zoriak
ergative	zorik	zoriak	zoriek
dative	zoriri	zoriari	zoriei
genitive	zoriren	zoriaren	zorien
comitative	zorirekin	zoriarekin	zoriekin
causative	zorirengatik	zoriarengatik	zoriengatik
benefactive	zorirentzat	zoriarentzat	zorientzat
instrumental	zoriz	zoriaz	zoriez
inessive	zoritan	zorian	zorietan
locative	zoritako	zoriko	zorietako
allative	zoritara	zorira	zorietara
terminative	zoritaraino	zoriraino	zorietaraino
directive	zoritarantz	zorirantz	zorietarantz
destinative	zoritarako	zorirako	zorietarako
ablative	zoritatik	zoritik	zorietatik
partitive	zoririk	—	—
prolative	zoritzat	—	—

Etymology 2

Adjective

zori(comparativezoriago,superlativezorien,excessivezoriegi)

1. mature,ripe

Declension

Declension ofzori(adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		zori	zoria	zoriak
ergative		zorik	zoriak	zoriek
dative		zoriri	zoriari	zoriei
genitive		zoriren	zoriaren	zorien
comitative		zorirekin	zoriarekin	zoriekin
causative		zorirengatik	zoriarengatik	zoriengatik
benefactive		zorirentzat	zoriarentzat	zorientzat
instrumental		zoriz	zoriaz	zoriez
inessive	anim.	zorirengan	zoriarengan	zoriengan
	inanim.	zoritan	zorian	zorietan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	zoritako	zoriko	zorietako
allative	anim.	zorirengana	zoriarengana	zoriengana
	inanim.	zoritara	zorira	zorietara
terminative	anim.	zorirenganaino	zoriarenganaino	zorienganaino
	inanim.	zoritaraino	zoriraino	zorietaraino
directive	anim.	zorirenganantz	zoriarenganantz	zorienganantz
	inanim.	zoritarantz	zorirantz	zorietarantz
destinative	anim.	zorirenganako	zoriarenganako	zorienganako
	inanim.	zoritarako	zorirako	zorietarako
ablative	anim.	zorirengandik	zoriarengandik	zoriengandik
	inanim.	zoritatik	zoritik	zorietatik
partitive		zoririk	—	—
prolative		zoritzat	—	—

Further reading

• “zori”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia
• “zori”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia[General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromOld Church Slavonicзорꙗ(zorja),fromProto-Slavic*zořa.See alsozare.CompareBulgarianзора(zora),Serbo-Croatianzora,Aromanianndzari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈzorʲ/

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Noun

zorimpl(plural only)

1. daybreak,dawn

Declension

plural only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zori	zorii
genitive-dative	zori	zorilor
vocative	zorilor

See also

• aurorăf
• răsăritn
• albaf

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zori(Cyrillic spellingзори)

1. dative/locativesingularofzora

Slovene

Noun

zori

1. inflection ofzora:
   1. dative/locativesingular
   2. nominative/accusativedual

Verb

zori

1. third-personsingularpresentofzoreti

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

zori

1. (western dialect)cicada

References

• Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' inMacquarie Aboriginal Words,p. 388.