biru
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
biru
Noun edit
biru
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
biru
Adjective edit
biru
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Adjective edit
biru
- blue (blue-colored)
Noun edit
biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)
- blue (colour)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Malay biru-biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu. Doublet of wiru.
Noun edit
biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)
- folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)
- red mouth from eating areca nut
Further reading edit
- “biru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
- Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia
Iranun edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Adjective edit
biru
- blue (blue-colored)
Noun edit
biru
- blue (colour)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
biru
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Javanese biru.
Adjective edit
biru (krama-ngoko biru)
Noun edit
biru (krama ngoko biru)
Kavalan edit
Noun edit
biru
Makasar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Adjective edit
biru
- green (having green as its colour)
Noun edit
biru
- green (colour)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
biru (Jawi spelling بيرو)
Noun edit
biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)
- blue (colour)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: biru
Further reading edit
- “biru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
biru
- first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Old Javanese edit
Adjective edit
biru
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Malay بيرو (biru).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
biru
References edit
- 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
West Coast Bajau edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.
Adjective edit
biru
- blue (blue-colored)
Noun edit
biru
- blue (colour)