amur

See also: Amur and amûr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аму́р (amúr).

Noun

amur (plural amurs)

Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
- 1974, Indiana Academy of Science, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 83, 174:
  In the fall of 1972, we obtained a special permit from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to import 20 amurs for study in indoor aquaria.

Related terms

black amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
white amur

Anagrams

'umra, Maru, Mura, Umar, arum, maru, mura

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre.

Alternative forms

amuar (Vegliot)

Verb

amur

to love

Related terms

amaur
moraus

Etymology 2

From Latin amārus.

Alternative forms

amuor

Adjective

amur m (feminine amuora)

bitter

Related terms

marcus
muarka

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

amur

dew

Middle English

Noun

amur

Alternative form of amour

Old French

Noun

amur m (oblique plural amurs, nominative singular amurs, nominative plural amur)

Alternative form of amor

Solon

Noun

amur

river

References

Peter S Piispanen, Languages in Contact: Dagur and Solon, 2019.

Tolai

Alternative forms

mur

Pronoun

amur

Second-person dual pronoun: you two

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave¹
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da¹
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava¹
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia¹
¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.