karibu

See also: Karibu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French caribou.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑribu/, [ˈkɑ̝ribu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑribu
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧ri‧bu

Noun

karibu

  1. caribou (wild North American reindeer)
    Hypernym: poro

Declension
Inflection of karibu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative karibu karibut
genitive karibun karibujen
partitive karibua karibuja
illative karibuun karibuihin
singular plural
nominative karibu karibut
accusative nom. karibu karibut
gen. karibun
genitive karibun karibujen
partitive karibua karibuja
inessive karibussa karibuissa
elative karibusta karibuista
illative karibuun karibuihin
adessive karibulla karibuilla
ablative karibulta karibuilta
allative karibulle karibuille
essive karibuna karibuina
translative karibuksi karibuiksi
abessive kaributta karibuitta
instructive — karibuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of karibu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karibuni karibuni
accusative nom. karibuni karibuni
gen. karibuni
genitive karibuni karibujeni
partitive karibuani karibujani
inessive karibussani karibuissani
elative karibustani karibuistani
illative karibuuni karibuihini
adessive karibullani karibuillani
ablative karibultani karibuiltani
allative karibulleni karibuilleni
essive karibunani karibuinani
translative karibukseni karibuikseni
abessive kaributtani karibuittani
instructive — —
comitative — karibuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karibusi karibusi
accusative nom. karibusi karibusi
gen. karibusi
genitive karibusi karibujesi
partitive karibuasi karibujasi
inessive karibussasi karibuissasi
elative karibustasi karibuistasi
illative karibuusi karibuihisi
adessive karibullasi karibuillasi
ablative karibultasi karibuiltasi
allative karibullesi karibuillesi
essive karibunasi karibuinasi
translative karibuksesi karibuiksesi
abessive kaributtasi karibuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — karibuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karibumme karibumme
accusative nom. karibumme karibumme
gen. karibumme
genitive karibumme karibujemme
partitive karibuamme karibujamme
inessive karibussamme karibuissamme
elative karibustamme karibuistamme
illative karibuumme karibuihimme
adessive karibullamme karibuillamme
ablative karibultamme karibuiltamme
allative karibullemme karibuillemme
essive karibunamme karibuinamme
translative karibuksemme karibuiksemme
abessive kaributtamme karibuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — karibuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karibunne karibunne
accusative nom. karibunne karibunne
gen. karibunne
genitive karibunne karibujenne
partitive karibuanne karibujanne
inessive karibussanne karibuissanne
elative karibustanne karibuistanne
illative karibuunne karibuihinne
adessive karibullanne karibuillanne
ablative karibultanne karibuiltanne
allative karibullenne karibuillenne
essive karibunanne karibuinanne
translative karibuksenne karibuiksenne
abessive kaributtanne karibuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — karibuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative karibunsa karibunsa
accusative nom. karibunsa karibunsa
gen. karibunsa
genitive karibunsa karibujensa
partitive karibuaan
karibuansa		 karibujaan
karibujansa
inessive karibussaan
karibussansa		 karibuissaan
karibuissansa
elative karibustaan
karibustansa		 karibuistaan
karibuistansa
illative karibuunsa karibuihinsa
adessive karibullaan
karibullansa		 karibuillaan
karibuillansa
ablative karibultaan
karibultansa		 karibuiltaan
karibuiltansa
allative karibulleen
karibullensa		 karibuilleen
karibuillensa
essive karibunaan
karibunansa		 karibuinaan
karibuinansa
translative karibukseen
karibuksensa		 karibuikseen
karibuiksensa
abessive kaributtaan
kaributtansa		 karibuittaan
karibuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — karibuineen
karibuinensa

Further reading

Polish
karibu

Etymology

Borrowed from English caribou.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈri.bu/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibu
  • Syllabification: ka‧ri‧bu

Noun

karibu m animal or n (indeclinable)

  1. caribou, reindeer (Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer)
    Synonyms: ren, renifer, renifer tundrowy

Further reading
  • karibu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • karibu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb, “nearby”), also used to welcome a visitor in Omani Arabic. The sense "you're welcome" is a calque of English you're welcome.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Interjection

karibu (plural karibuni)

  1. welcome!
  2. come in!
  3. you're welcome! (response to being thanked)

Derived terms

See also

Adverb

karibu na or karibu ya

  1. near

Antonyms
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