biru

biru

See also: bīru and bǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Adjective

biru

1. blue

Noun

biru

1. blue

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ru/

Noun

biru

1. blue

Adjective

biru

1. blue

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

1. blue (colour)

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Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)

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Japanese

Romanization

biru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビル

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Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese biru.

Adjective

biru (krama-ngoko biru)

1. blue

Noun

biru (krama ngoko biru)

1. blue

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Kavalan

Noun

biru

1. charcoal
2. embers

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Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru

1. green (colour)

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biru]
• Rhymes: -iru, -ru, -u

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو‎)

1. blue (blue-colored)

Synonyms

• belau / بلاو‎
• nila / نيلا‎
• paul / ڤاءول‎

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو‎, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)

1. blue (colour)

Further reading

• “biru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiru/

Verb

biru

1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
biru	biru pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbiru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Javanese

Adjective

biru

1. blue

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Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay بيرو‎ (biru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾu]

Noun

biru

1. blue

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

1. blue (colour)