Where does “kuri” come from?
kuri (English) comes from Maori kurī, from Proto-Polynesian kuli, from Proto-Oceanic *kuli.
kuri (English): The kitchen of a Zen monastery
Definitions
- The kitchen of a Zen monastery
Ancestry of “kuri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Maori | kurī | dog |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | kuli | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | *kuli | — |