iru
See also: Appendix:Variations of "iru"
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
iru (uncountable)
- A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
Anagrams edit
Big Nambas edit
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Cardinal : iru | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
iru
References edit
- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
iru
- imperative of iri
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
iru
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun edit
iru class 5 (plural maru)
Derived terms edit
(Proverbs)
References edit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
- “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun edit
iru
Declension edit
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (“id”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iru
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irú
- type, kind, sort
- Synonym: ríṣi
- Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ― Which type of fish is this?
- breed
- Synonym: ẹ̀yà
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irú
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (“seed”) + ìgbá (“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally “seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irú
- fermented locust beans used in cooking.
- Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: iru
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irù
Etymology 5 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìrù
Derived terms edit
Etymology 6 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìrú
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- yo:Horticulture
- yo:Body parts
- yo:Insects
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- yo:Seasonings