kore

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kore"

English

WOTD – 31 August 2012, 31 August 2013, 31 August 2014, 31 August 2015

A reconstruction of a kore

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹeɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹeɪ/, /ˈkoʊɹeɪ/, /ˈkoɹi/, /ˈkoʊɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹeɪ, -əʊɹeɪ, -ɔːɹi, -əʊɹi
• Homophones: korai; Corey, corey, Cory, cory

Noun

kore (plural korai)

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
   • 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum‎^[1], page 42:

     Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .

   • 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels‎^[2], page 14:

     Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).

   • 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion‎^[3], page 9:

     Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.

Coordinate terms

• kouros (statue of a male)

Related terms

• korephilia

Translations

sculpture

• Catalan: cora (ca) f
• Czech: koré f
• Finnish: kore-veistos, kore (fi)
• French: coré (fr) f
• German: Kore (de) f
• Greek: κόρη (el) f (kóri)
• Japanese: コレー (ja) (korē)
• Polish: kora (pl) f
• Russian: ко́ра (ru) (kóra)

See also

• baal kore

References

• “kore”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “kore”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kero, oker, roke

Afrikaans

Noun

kore

1. plural of koor

Ainu

Verb

kore

1. (ditransitive) to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of kore

case			objective
	person		1st		2nd		3rd		4th
		number	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
subjective	1st	singular			eci=kore	eci=kore	k(u)=kore	k(u)=kore	ku=i=kore	ku=i=kore
		plural			eci=kore	eci=kore	c(i)=kore	c(i)=kore	a=i=kore	a=i=kore
	2nd	singular	en=kore	un=kore			e=kore	e=kore	e=i=kore	e=i=kore
		plural	eci=en=kore	eci=un=kore			eci=kore	eci=kore	eci=i=kore	eci=i=kore
	3rd	singular	en=kore	un=kore	e=kore	eci=kore	kore	kore	i=kore	i=kore
		plural	en=kore	un=kore	e=kore	eci=kore	kore	kore	i=kore	i=kore
	4th	singular	a=en=kore	a=un=kore	a=e=kore	a=eci=kore	a=kore	a=kore	a=i=kore	a=i=kore
		plural	a=en=kore	a=un=kore	a=e=kore	a=eci=kore	a=kore	a=kore	a=i=kore	a=i=kore

^†1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
^†4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• korë, korie

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *kāsra, from Proto-Indo-European *kars (“to scratch, rub”). Compare Lithuanian kar̃šti (“comb, curry”), Latvian kā̀ršu (“wool comb”), Latin cardus (“thistle”), Middle High German harsten (“become hard, rough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾe/
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Hyphenation: kó‧re

Noun

kore f (plural kore, definite korja, definite plural koret)

1. scrub, crust (of baked products, wounds)
2. tree bark
3. (technical) brain cortex, Earth crust
4. scab (crust on a wound)

   Synonym: dregëz

Declension

Declension of kore

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kore	korja	kore	koret
accusative		koren
dative	koreje	kores	koreve	koreve
ablative			koresh

Related terms

• kërce
• koriçkë
• kothere

Etymology 2

From Latin cichorēum ~ cichorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾe/
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Hyphenation: kó‧re

Noun

kore f (plural kore, definite korea)

1. chicory

   Synonyms: bresë, radhiqe

Etymology 3

From koris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾe/
• Rhymes: -ɾe
• Hyphenation: ko‧ré

Noun

kore f

1. (Gheg) shame, disgrace

   Synonyms: turp, marre

Related terms

• kori
• korishtoj
• korit
• koritem
• koritje
• koritun

Etymology 4

Possibly from Latin quartus.

Noun

kore f

1. (Tosk) quarter

   Synonym: çerek

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kore f

1. bogey, scarecrow, mask

   Synonyms: dordolec, surrat

Etymology 6

From Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”) or Greek κοριός (koriós).

Noun

kore m (definite koreu)

1. (Arvanitika) bedbug

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[4], 1980
• “kore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “kore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 209

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto koro

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

▲

Polish -einflu.

▲

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto kore

From koro + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkore/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ore
• Syllabification: ko‧re

Adverb

kore

1. cordially, heartily
   • 1999, “Kore Bonvenon / Intro”, in Esperanto, performed by Freundeskreis:

     Estu kore bonvenaj por la dua albumo de Amikaro / Sub la titolo “Esperanto”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkore/, [ˈko̞re̞]
• Rhymes: -ore
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧re

Noun

kore

1. kore (Greek sculpture)

Declension

Speakers prefer not to inflect this word, and use it only for the nominative singular. If inflection is needed, the term kore-veistos (“kore-sculpture”) is used instead.

Synonyms

• kore-veistos

Anagrams

• kero

Hausa

Other scripts
Ajami	کُورٜىٰ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kóː.rèː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷóː.rèː]

Adjective

kōr̃ḕ (feminine kōr̃ìyā, plural kōr̃ā̀yē or kwâr̃r̃ā)

1. green

Japanese

Romanization

kore

1. Rōmaji transcription of これ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese correr.

Verb

kore

1. to run
2. to race
3. to hurry

Latvian

Noun

kore f (5th declension)

1. ridge
2. gable
3. comb
4. crest

Declension

Declension of kore (5th)

	singular	plural
nominative	kore	kores
genitive	kores	koru
dative	korei	korēm
accusative	kori	kores
instrumental	kori	korēm
locative	korē	korēs
vocative	kore	kores

Māori

Etymology

Compare with Rarotongan kore and Tahitian ʻore (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkore/ [ˈkɔɾɛ]

Adjective

kore

1. without (not having)

   kore utu: free (lit. 'without price')

Usage notes

When compounded with nouns, it is always attached to the end of words.

waikore: without water

iwikore: feeble (lit. 'without bones/boneless')

Numeral

kore

1. zero

Derived terms

• iwikore
• kahakore
• korenga
• waikore
• whakakore

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kore”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 164–5
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “kore”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kore (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kore/kor)

1. to choir

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese correr and Spanish correr and Kabuverdianu kori and Kabuverdianu kore.

Verb

kore

1. to flow
2. to run

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kore (Cyrillic spelling коре)

1. third-person plural present indicative of koriti

Ternate

Noun

kore

1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms

• simote kore

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese これ (kore, “this”).

Pronoun

kore

1. (Aohua, Hanhsi, Tungyueh) this (person or object)

   ikura kore

   How much is it?

   nani no musi kore

   What insect is this?

Coordinate terms

• kore, are, dore
• koci, aci, doko
• kono, ano, dono
• konna no, anna no, donna no
• konnasite, annasite, donnasite

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2019), “日本語を上層とする宜蘭クレオールの指示詞”, in 社会言語科学 [The Japanese Journal of Language in Society]‎^[5], volume 21, number 2, pages 50-65
• Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎^[6] (Master's thesis)
• 林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect‎^[7] (Unpublished thesis)