uru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Aymara

Noun

uru

1. day

Blagar

Noun

uru

1. moon

References

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

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

uru

1. medicine

Guaraní

Noun

uru

1. chief

Japanese

Romanization

uru

1. Rōmaji transcription of うる

Jebero

Noun

uru

1. deer

References

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

Kanakanabu

Noun

uru

1. cooked rice

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ru/, [ʉ.ɾʉ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare with Tahitian uru, Samoan ulu, Tongan hū), from Proto-Oceanic *huru (compare with Fijian curu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate”) – compare with Malay surup (“to possess”) and Javanese surup (“ibid., to enter”), Tagalog sulop (“to seep, to penetrate”).

Verb

uru (passive urua or uruhina)

1. to enter, go in
2. to possess
3. to enlist, enrol, join, be included
   • 2020, Jeff Kinney, translated by Hēni Jacob, Te Rātaka a Tama Hūngoingoi Ko Rodrick Kei Runga:

     Kei te whakaaro a Pāpā taihoa au ka toa ki te kauhoe, koia au i tohua ai kia uru i ia raumati.

     Dad's got this idea that I'm destined to be a great swimmer or something, so that's why he makes me join the team every summer.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu (compare with Malay hulu, Tagalog ulo) from Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”).

Noun

uru

1. head (in the singular)

   Synonym: upoko

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”); 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".

Noun

uru

1. west

   Synonyms: (rare) wēta, (obsolete) [Term?]

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

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

Further reading

“uru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɾu]
• Hyphenation: u‧ru

Root

uru

1. child

Derived terms

• urue

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[5], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 266

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈɾu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨru (“basket”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲu (“basket”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní yru and Sateré-Mawé hɨt.

Noun

uru (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute uru, R1 ruru, R2 suru)

1. wrapper (something that wraps or covers other)

   Synonyms: mba'epokeka, ubandaba, pokesara

2. vessel; container (item in which objects may be stored and transported)

   Synonym: kamusi

3. (nautical) vessel (craft designed for transportation on water)
4. store; depot; warehouse (place where items may be kept)
5. basket made with palm leaves
6. bowl

   Synonym: kuîmbuka

7. birdcage
8. sheath (holster for a sword)

Derived terms

• 'ygûaburu
• emi'uru
• gûaburu
• itakyseuru
• itaîuburu
• kagûaburu
• mba'euru
• pitanguru
• pouru
• tataendyuru
• tatauru
• tyuru
• u'uburu
• uburu
• îukyruru

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: irú, urutú
• → Portuguese: uru

Noun

uru (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute uru, R1 repuru, R2 sepuru, R3 o epuru)

1. basket
2. bowl

   Synonym: kuîmbuka

Usage notes

• In the sense of "bowl", "basket" or "container", the class of this word differs based on its determiner. If the referent is the content, uru is IIc class; if it's the owner, uru is IId class.
  • For example, "manioc bowl" i.e., a bowl that contains manioc inside it, is aîpĩuru. If this was in the third-person, "its bowl", with its refering to the manioc, it would be suru.
  • However, when refering to the person that owns or is holding the bowl, as in "his bowl", it would be sepuru.
• The same distinction is made the sense of "vessel", though with a different word, ygara.

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly related to urubu.

Cognate with Guaraní uru.

Noun

uru (unpossessable)

1. New World quail (any bird in the family Odontophoridae)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: urú
• → Portuguese: uru

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(ep)uru”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 108, column 1
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “uru”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 501, columns 1–2

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”)

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^[6], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Sumerian

Romanization

uru

1. Romanization of 𒌷 (uru)

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)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ.

Noun

uru

1. breadfruit

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

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]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Wiradjuri

Noun

uru

1. Alternative spelling of wuurruu

Zaghawa

Noun

uru

1. bone

References

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