muru
See also: Muru, murù, můru, and mǔrǔ
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun
muru
- (New Zealand) An act of retaliatory theft among the Maori.
Anagrams
- Urum
Darkinjung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊɹʊ/
Noun
muru
- pathway
Dharug
Noun
muru
- path
Estonian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finnic *muro, compare dialectal Finnish muro (“chickweed”), Võro muro, moro.
Noun
muru (genitive muru, partitive muru)
- lawn
- grass
Declension
Inflection of muru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | muru | murud |
| accusative | muru | murud |
| genitive | muru | murude |
| partitive | muru | murusid |
| illative | murru murusse | murudesse |
| inessive | murus | murudes |
| elative | murust | murudest |
| allative | murule | murudele |
| adessive | murul | murudel |
| ablative | murult | murudelt |
| translative | muruks | murudeks |
| terminative | muruni | murudeni |
| essive | muruna | murudena |
| abessive | muruta | murudeta |
| comitative | muruga | murudega |
Further reading
- muru in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- muru in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- muru in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- muru in Sõnaveeb
Fala
Etymology
From Old Portuguese muro, from Latin murus, from Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences, strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾu/
Noun
muru m (plural murus)
- wall
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 207
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muru. Equivalent to mur- + -u, from the same root as murea and murtaa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
- Rhymes: -uru
- Syllabification(key): mu‧ru
Noun
muru
- crumb
- very small amount of something, a jot, an iota
- Synonyms: hitunen, hiven, kipene, murunen, rahtu, rahtunen
- very small amount of something, a jot, an iota
- (colloquial) honey (term of affection)
- Synonym: see Thesaurus:kultanen
Declension
| Inflection of muru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | muru | murut | |
| genitive | murun | murujen | |
| partitive | murua | muruja | |
| illative | muruun | muruihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muru | murut | |
| accusative | nom. | muru | murut |
| gen. | murun | ||
| genitive | murun | murujen | |
| partitive | murua | muruja | |
| inessive | murussa | muruissa | |
| elative | murusta | muruista | |
| illative | muruun | muruihin | |
| adessive | murulla | muruilla | |
| ablative | murulta | muruilta | |
| allative | murulle | muruille | |
| essive | muruna | muruina | |
| translative | muruksi | muruiksi | |
| instructive | — | muruin | |
| abessive | murutta | muruitta | |
| comitative | — | muruineen | |
| Possessive forms of muru (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | muruni | murumme |
| 2nd person | murusi | murunne |
| 3rd person | murunsa | |
Derived terms
- murunen
Related terms
- muren
- murentaa
- murentua
- murtua
Further reading
- "muru" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Gamilaraay
Noun
muru
- nose
Ingrian
Alternative forms
- muro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muru, equivalent to murtaa (“to break”) + -u. Cognates include Finnish muru and Estonian muru.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
- Rhymes: -uru
- Hyphenation: mu‧ru
Noun
muru
- crumb
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:
- Noistii joka päivä viskoima[a] lavvan päälle muruja, kovasija ja jyvijä.
- They began to throw crumbs, crusts and grain onto the board every day.
-
- tyurya (soup consisting of bread crumbs in milk)
Declension
| Declension of muru (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | muru | murut |
| genitive | murun | murruin, muruloin |
| partitive | murrua | muruja, muruloja |
| illative | murruu | murrui, muruloihe |
| inessive | murus | muruis, murulois |
| elative | murust | muruist, muruloist |
| allative | murulle | muruille, muruloille |
| adessive | murul | muruil, muruloil |
| ablative | murult | muruilt, muruloilt |
| translative | muruks | muruiks, muruloiks |
| essive | murunna, murruun | muruinna, muruloinna, murruin, muruloin |
| exessive1) | murunt | muruint, muruloint |
| 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. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 320
Karelian
Noun
muru (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- crumb
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Michoacán Mazahua
Noun
muru
- egg
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- murru (Trøndelag)
Etymology
Metaphony of Old Norse mǫru, oblique singular forms of mara. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, whence also modern English mare (“evil spirit”).
Noun
muru f (definite singular murua or (defunct) muro, indefinite plural murur, definite plural murune)
- (dialectal or nonstandard since 1917)alternative form of mare (“evil spirit”)
- 1954, Fjellstad, Lars M., “Murua”, in Haugfolk og trollskap, page 18:
- Murua var atterganger etter ugifte kvinnfolk som ikkje hadde hatt mann, sa dei gamle[.]
- The mare[s were] the ghost[s] of unmarried womenfolk which never had had a man, said the old ones.
- 1918, Gamalt fraa Numedal, volume 3, Gunleikson, page 24:
- Krøteri var ute for muro, dei med.
- Even the cattle were exposed to the mare-wight.
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Usage notes
- This form was the standard form allowed under the scarcely used Midlandsnormalen of 1901, alongside maru. It had the inflected forms muro, murur and murune, in the definite singular, indefinite plural and definite plural respectively. These forms faded into oblivion and were definitely defunct by the spelling reform of 1917.
Polish
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.ru/
- Rhymes: -uru
- Syllabification: mu‧ru
Noun
muru m inan
- genitive singular of mur
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.
Noun
muru
- wall
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾu/
- Hyphenation: mù‧ru
Noun
muru m (plural muri or mura)
- wall
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muru.
Noun
muru
- crumb
- bit, small piece
Inflection
| Inflection of muru (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | muru | ||
| genitive sing. | murun | ||
| partitive sing. | murud | ||
| partitive plur. | muruid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muru | murud | |
| accusative | murun | murud | |
| genitive | murun | muruiden | |
| partitive | murud | muruid | |
| essive-instructive | murun | muruin | |
| translative | muruks | muruikš | |
| inessive | murus | muruiš | |
| elative | muruspäi | muruišpäi | |
| illative | muruhu | muruihe | |
| adessive | murul | muruil | |
| ablative | murulpäi | muruilpäi | |
| allative | murule | muruile | |
| abessive | muruta | muruita | |
| comitative | murunke | muruidenke | |
| prolative | murudme | muruidme | |
| approximative I | murunno | muruidenno | |
| approximative II | murunnoks | muruidennoks | |
| egressive | murunnopäi | muruidennopäi | |
| terminative I | muruhusai | muruihesai | |
| terminative II | murulesai | muruilesai | |
| terminative III | murussai | — | |
| additive I | muruhupäi | muruihepäi | |
| additive II | murulepäi | muruilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “крошка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muru.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
- Rhymes: -uru
- Hyphenation: mu‧ru
Noun
muru
- small piece, bit, morsel
- crumb
- sop, milksop (bread sopped in water or milk)
- (figuratively) (not) one bit
Inflection
| Declension of muru (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | muru | murud |
| genitive | muru | muruje, murujõ, murui |
| partitive | murrua | muruitõ, murui |
| illative | murru, murrusõ | muruje, murujõ, muruisõ |
| inessive | muruz | muruiz |
| elative | murussõ | muruissõ |
| allative | murulõ | muruilõ |
| adessive | murullõ | muruillõ |
| ablative | murultõ | muruiltõ |
| translative | murussi | muruissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “muru”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
Yagara
Noun
muru
- Alternative form of muro.
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.