See also: bāru, báru, bäru, barů, and Barú

Afar

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Barwa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaru/ [ˈbʌɾʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Noun

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báru m (plural barwá f or baritteetá f)

  1. freckle

Declension

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Declension of báru
absolutive báru
predicative báru
subjective barí
genitive barí

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 31

Baba Malay

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Etymology

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From Malay baru.

Adjective

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baru

  1. new

Adverb

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baru

  1. recently, just now

Further reading

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

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baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of age): lama (old) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

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  • (age): muda (young) (living things)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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baru

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of bar

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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baru

  1. imperative of bari

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

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baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of age): lama (old) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

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  • (age): biak (young) (living things)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay baru, a variant of baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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baru (comparative lebih baru, superlative paling baru)

  1. new
    Ponsel barunya mewah.
    His new phone is luxurious.

Adverb

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baru

  1. just (moments ago, recently)
    Mereka baru pulang sekolah.
    They just got home from school.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of waru.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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baru (plural baru-baru)

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
    Synonym: waru

Further reading

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Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese barro.

Noun

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baru

  1. (Sotavento) clay

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latvian

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Noun

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baru m

  1. inflection of bars:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

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baru

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bārt

Lithuanian

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Noun

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baru m

  1. instrumental singular of baras

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

Alternative forms

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Adverb

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baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. just, recently, a few moments ago
    Aku baru sampai di rumah.
    I've just arrived home.

Adjective

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baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. new; recently came into existence
    Synonym: baharu
    tahun barunew year
Usage notes
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  • Although Kamus Dewan makes no such distinction, many people wrongly believe that baru should not be used as an adjective meaning "new" and that only baharu could be used in such way.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • > Indonesian: baru (inherited)
  • Baba Malay: baru
  • Hokkien: 麻汝 (bâ-lú)
  • Teochew: 麻汝 (bha5 lu2)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayic *baru(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

 
sea hibiscus, Talipariti tiliaceum

Alternative forms

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Noun

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baru (Jawi spelling بارو, plural baru-baru)

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Descendants
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References

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Papuan Malay

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay baru.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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baru

  1. be new
    • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Luke 5:38:
      Karna itu air anggur baru harus orang simpan di dalam kantong kulit yang baru juga.
      Because we people have to store that new wine inside also new wineskins.
    • 2008 October 25, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 3, line 86:
      kalo besok ada berkat sa bli komputer baru
      if there will be a blessing in the future I will buy a new computer

Adverb

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baru

  1. recently
    • 2008 September 22, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 830:
      kariawang dong baru lewat
      the employees recently walked by
  2. (reduplicated) just now
    Synonym: barusang
    • 2008 November 15, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 70:
      baru-baru de masuk ruma-sakit
      just now he got into the hospital

Conjunction

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baru

  1. then, and then, but then
    Synonym: trus
    • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Genesis 37:24:
      Baru dong seret de ke sumur, []
      And then they brought him to a well, []
    • 2008 September 23, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 10, line 12:
      [] de jatu baru motor tindis dia
      [] he fell and then the motorbike crushed him
  2. after all
    Synonym: habis

References

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  • Kluge, Angela (2017) A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 131, 271, 475, 567

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

Noun

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baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. accusative singular of bȁra

Sundanese

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Etymology

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From Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Doublet of bahayu

Adjective

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baru (Sundanese script ᮘᮛᮥ)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Ternate

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baru

Etymology

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Likely from Malay baru

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Noun

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baru

  1. sea hibiscus
    Synonym: baru dowongi

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

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Etymology

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Said by Collins to be a borrowing from Malay [Term?].

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Noun

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baru

  1. boat caulking

References

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  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics