araru

English

Noun

araru (uncountable)

1. arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)

Anagrams

• arrau, arura, aurar

Karajá

Noun

araru

1. men's speech form of kararu

References

• Michael Dunn, Gender determined dialect variation, in The Expression of Gender (edited by Greville G. Corbett)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• araro, aruro, aruru, arurot
• uraro, uraru

Etymology

Borrowed from English arrowroot, from Lokono aru-aru (literally “meal of meals”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾaˈɾu/ [ʔɐ.ɾɐˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: a‧ra‧ru

Noun

ararú (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜇᜓ)

1. arrowroot

Further reading

• “araru” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “araru”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog araro.

Noun

araru

1. plow

   Synonym: badja'