(intransitive) to run
- 1908, Adolf Krafft, transl., Robinsono Kruso, Part IV:
  Kriegante, la viroj kuris tien kaj reen.
  Shouting, the men ran back and forth.

alkuri (“to run toward”)
antaŭenkuri (“to run forward”)
antaŭkuri (“to run ahead (of)”)
forkuri (“to run away”)
glitkuri (“to skate”)
kuregi (“to sprint; to race”)
skikuri (“to ski”)

From Proto-Finnic *kurja; cognate to Finnish kurja. Possibly related to kura (“left”).

IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuri]^[1]
Rhymes: -uri
Hyphenation: ku‧ri

kuri (genitive kurja, partitive kurja, comparative kurjem, superlative kõige kurjem)

Declension of kuri (ÕS type 24e/tühi, length gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuri	kurjad
accusative	nom.
gen.	kurja
genitive	kurjade
partitive	kurja	kurje kurjasid
illative	kurja kurjasse	kurjadesse kurjesse
inessive	kurjas	kurjades kurjes
elative	kurjast	kurjadest kurjest
allative	kurjale	kurjadele kurjele
adessive	kurjal	kurjadel kurjel
ablative	kurjalt	kurjadelt kurjelt
translative	kurjaks	kurjadeks kurjeks
terminative	kurjani	kurjadeni
essive	kurjana	kurjadena
abessive	kurjata	kurjadeta
comitative	kurjaga	kurjadega

^ kuri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Unclear. A dialectal meaning (Southwestern and Satakunta) "narrow passage" may suggest origin as a parallel formation of kuru (“gorge”), with further semantic development being > "route" > "way" > "habit" > "discipline".

IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuri]
Rhymes: -uri
Hyphenation^(key): ku‧ri

kuri

discipline (enforced compliance or control)
discipline (systematic method of obtaining obedience)
discipline (state of order based on submission to authority)
(law) Short for kuritushuone. (type of prison sentence)
(dialectal) canyon
Synonym: kuru

“kuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Riku, kiru, urki

Akin to Finnish kuri.

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuri]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkuri/, [ˈkuri]
Rhymes: -uri
Hyphenation: ku‧ri

kuri

discipline

Declension of kuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuri	kurit
genitive	kurin	kurriin, kuriloin
partitive	kurria	kurija, kuriloja
illative	kurrii	kurrii, kuriloihe
inessive	kuris	kuriis, kurilois
elative	kurist	kuriist, kuriloist
allative	kurille	kuriille, kuriloille
adessive	kuril	kuriil, kuriloil
ablative	kurilt	kuriilt, kuriloilt
translative	kuriks	kuriiks, kuriloiks
essive	kurinna, kurriin	kuriinna, kuriloinna, kurriin, kuriloin
exessive¹⁾	kurint	kuriint, kuriloint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.