kuru

See also kūru

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Fore, literally meaning ‘shaking death’.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkʊɹuː/

Noun

kuru (uncountable)

1. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 273:

     By the kate 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.

Translations

central nervous system disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫魯病 (cmn), 库鲁病 (cmn) (kùlǔbìng)

• Finnish: kuru (fi)

Anagrams

• Uruk

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Esperanto

Verb

kuru

1. imperative of kuri

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀuq (compare Chamorro hulu, Indonesian guruh, Malay guruh).

Noun

kuru (plural kurukuru)

1. thunder (sound caused by a lightning)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧ru

Etymology 1

Noun

kuru

1. (geography) gorge, gulch (narrow v-shaped valley)
2. canyon

Declension

Declension of kuru (type valo) singular plural nominative kuru kurut genitive kurun kurujen partitive kurua kuruja accusative kuru kurun kurut inessive kurussa kuruissa elative kurusta kuruista illative kuruun kuruihin adessive kurulla kuruilla ablative kurulta kuruilta allative kurulle kuruille essive kuruna kuruina translative kuruksi kuruiksi instructive – kuruin abessive kurutta kuruitta comitative – kuruineen

Synonyms

• kanjoni

Etymology 2

Noun

kuru

1. (pathology) kuru.

Declension

Declension of kuru (type valo) singular plural nominative kuru – genitive kurun – partitive kurua – accusative kuru kurun – inessive kurussa – elative kurusta – illative kuruun – adessive kurulla – ablative kurulta – allative kurulle – essive kuruna – translative kuruksi – instructive – – abessive kurutta – comitative – –

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Japanese

Romanization

kuru

1. See くる

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Latvian

Verb

kuru

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of kurt

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Maori

Noun

kuru

1. breadfruit

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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

kuru

1. wife

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Quechua

Noun

kuru

1. worm

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kurıg.

Adjective

kuru (comparative daha kuru, superlative en kuru)

1. dry
2. a very slim person
3. depleted

Superlatives: Specifics belong to the object and are relative to itself, its own states: kuru, pek kuru, kup kuru. (Turkish has non indo-european workings as a lang. daha ~, en ~ are more of direct translation, begging: "in relation to what?").

Antonyms

• yaş
• nemli