korai

English

Noun

korai

1. plural of kore

Anagrams

• Kaori

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒji]

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• Hyphenation: ko‧rai
• Rhymes: -ji

Etymology 1

kora +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

korai (comparative korábbi or koraibb, superlative legkorábbi or legkoraibb)

1. early, premature

   Erről még túl korai beszélni. ― It's too early to talk about this.

   korai halál ― premature death

Usage notes

(Leg)korábbi is used in the sense “earlier/earliest”, and (leg)koraibb may be used (though uncommon) in the sense “(more/most) premature”.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	korai	koraiak
accusative	korait	koraiakat
dative	korainak	koraiaknak
instrumental	koraival	koraiakkal
causal-final	koraiért	koraiakért
translative	koraivá	koraiakká
terminative	koraiig	koraiakig
essive-formal	koraiként	koraiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	koraiban	koraiakban
superessive	korain	koraiakon
adessive	korainál	koraiaknál
illative	koraiba	koraiakba
sublative	koraira	koraiakra
allative	koraihoz	koraiakhoz
elative	koraiból	koraiakból
delative	korairól	koraiakról
ablative	koraitól	koraiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	koraié	koraiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	koraiéi	koraiakéi

Etymology 2

kor (“age, epoch”) +‎ -ai (possessive suffix)

Noun

korai

1. third-person singular multiple-possession possessive of kor

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	—	korai
accusative	—	korait
dative	—	korainak
instrumental	—	koraival
causal-final	—	koraiért
translative	—	koraivá
terminative	—	koraiig
essive-formal	—	koraiként
essive-modal	—	koraiul
inessive	—	koraiban
superessive	—	korain
adessive	—	korainál
illative	—	koraiba
sublative	—	koraira
allative	—	koraihoz
elative	—	koraiból
delative	—	korairól
ablative	—	koraitól
non-attributive possessive - singular	—	koraié
non-attributive possessive - plural	—	koraiéi

Further reading

• korai in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

korai

1. Rōmaji transcription of こらい

Kokborok

Etymology

Atong (India) gorai (“horse”).

Noun

korai

1. horse