uru

uru

See also: Uru, uRu, URU, urú, ūru, Uru., úrú, ürü, and Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Aymara

Noun

uru

1. day

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Blagar

Noun

uru

1. moon

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 164

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

uru

1. medicine

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Guaraní

Noun

uru

1. chief

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Japanese

Romanization

uru

1. Rōmaji transcription of うる

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Jebero

Noun

uru

1. deer

References

• Pilar M. Valenzuela, Carlos Gussenhoven, Shiwilu (Jebero), Journal of the International Phonetic Association 43 (1) (2013)

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Kanakanabu

Noun

uru

1. cooked rice

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Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ru/, [ʉ.ɾʉ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *huru, from Proto-Oceanic *surup, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate”).

Verb

uru (passive urua or uruhina)

1. to enter, go in[1]
2. to possess
3. to enlist, enrol, join, be included

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”).

Noun

uru

1. head (in the singular)[1]
2. chief, leader

   Ko wai te uru o tēnei ope?

   Who is the leader of this party?

3. top, upper end
4. point (of a weapon, etc.)
5. hair (of the head, in the plural)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *uru (“southwesterly wind”)[2]; perhaps originally a semantic extension of Etymology 1.

No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "west".[3]

Noun

uru

1. west[1]

   Synonym: (rare) wēta

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

tapatapātiu	tokerau, raki	kārapu
uru		rāwhiti
uru-mā-tonga	tonga	pitonga

References

1. “uru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “uru.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
3. Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, DOI:10.15144/PL-C127, page 26.

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Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u.ɾu]

Root

uru

1. child

Derived terms

• urue

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 266

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊrʊ]

Noun

uru

1. (anatomy) hair
2. crest (of a bird)

Hyponyms

• iṉṯu (“body hair”)
• mangka (“head hair”)
• ngaṉkurpa (“beard; facial hair”)
• nyanyi (“pubic hair”)

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *huru. Cognates include Tahitian uru and Maori uru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: u‧ru

Verb

uru

1. (transitive) to enter

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 185
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

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Sumerian

Romanization

uru

1. Romanization of 𒌷 (uru)

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ouros.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

uru (u class, no plural)

1. (card games, uncountable) diamonds (suit of cards)
2. (card games) diamond (card of the "diamonds" suit)

See also

Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text)
makopa	uru	shupaza, majembe	pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ.

Noun

uru

1. breadfruit

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Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *uru (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.ɾu]

Noun

uru

1. edge
2. a beak (of a bird)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

uru

1. burrow, hole, form

Inflection

Inflection of uru (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	uru
genitive sing.	urun
partitive sing.	urud
partitive plur.	uruid
	singular	plural
nominative	uru	urud
accusative	urun	urud
genitive	urun	uruiden
partitive	urud	uruid
essive-instructive	urun	uruin
translative	uruks	uruikš
inessive	urus	uruiš
elative	uruspäi	uruišpäi
illative	uruhu	uruihe
adessive	urul	uruil
ablative	urulpäi	uruilpäi
allative	urule	uruile
abessive	uruta	uruita
comitative	urunke	uruidenke
prolative	urudme	uruidme
approximative I	urunno	uruidenno
approximative II	urunnoks	uruidennoks
egressive	urunnopäi	uruidennopäi
terminative I	uruhusai	uruihesai
terminative II	urulesai	uruilesai
terminative III	urussai	—
additive I	uruhupäi	uruihepäi
additive II	urulepäi	uruilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “нора”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Wiradhuri

Noun

uru

1. Alternative spelling of wuurruu

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Zaghawa

Noun

uru

1. bone

References

Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad