baru

See also: bāru, bäru, and barů

Afar

Barwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌɾu/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Noun

báru m (plural barwá f or baritteetá f)

1. freckle

Declension

Declension of báru
absolutive	báru
predicative	báru
subjective	barí
genitive	barí
Postpositioned forms l-case bárul k-case báruk t-case bárut h-case báruh

References

• 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

Etymology

From Malay baru.

Adjective

baru

1. new

Adverb

baru

1. recently, just now

Further reading

• Baba Malay Dictionary

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

baru

1. new (age of non-living things)

   rumah baru

   new house

Antonyms

• (age): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaru/

Noun

baru

1. genitive singular of bar
2. dative singular of bar
3. locative singular of bar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

baru

1. imperative of bari

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ru]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Etymology 1

From earlier baroe, baharoe, from Malay baru, baharu, from Classical Malay [script needed] (baru), [script needed] (baharu), from Old Malay [script needed] (baharu), from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

baru

1. new

   Synonym: anyar

   Saya mempunyai kamus yang baru.

   I have a new dictionary.

   Kamus saya baru.

   My dictionary is new.

2. modern

   Synonym: modern

Derived terms

• baru-baru ini
• kebaruan
• keterbaruan
• membaru
• membarui
• membarukan
• memperbarui
• pembaru
• pembaruan
• terbaru
• terbarukan

 

Verb

baru

1. Near perfect aspect i.e. the action or situation has just been completed

Derived terms

• barusan

 

Adverb

baru

1. (colloquial) recently

   Synonym: lagi

Alternative forms

• baharu
• baharoe (pre-1947)
• baroe (pre-1947)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

baru

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

   Synonyms: embaru, waru

Alternative forms

• baroe (pre-1947)

Further reading

• “baru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• bórre (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese barro.

Noun

baru

1. (Sotavento) clay

References

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

Latvian

Noun

baru m

1. accusative singular form of bars
2. instrumental singular form of bars
3. genitive plural form of bars

Verb

baru

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of bārt

Lithuanian

Noun

baru m

1. instrumental singular of baras

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baru/
• Rhymes: -aru, -ru, -u

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

baru (Jawi spelling بارو‎)

1. just, recently, a few moments ago

   Aku baru sampai di rumah.

   I've just arrived home.

Adjective

baru (Jawi spelling بارو‎)

1. new; recently came into existence

   Tahun baru ― New year

Alternative forms

• baharu
• bharu (dated)
• bahru (dated)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pembaru [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pembaruan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kebaruan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• sebaru [comparability] (se-)
• perbaru [causative passive] (peR-)
• perbarui [causative passive + causative (locative) benefactive] (peR- + -i)
• membaru [agent focus] (meN-)
• membarui [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dibaru [patient focus] (di-)
• dibarui [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terbaru [agentless action] (teR-)
• memperbaru [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• memperbarui [causative agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (mempeR- + -i)
• diperbaru [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
• diperbarui [causative passive focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (dipeR- + -i)
• baru-baru [reduplication] (redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: baru
• Baba Malay: baru
• → Min Nan: 麻汝

Etymology 2

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

sea hibiscus, Talipariti tiliaceum

Noun

baru (Jawi spelling بارو‎, plural baru-baru, informal 1st possessive baruku, 2nd possessive barumu, 3rd possessive barunya)

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

Alternative forms

• baru-baru
• bebaru

Descendants

• Indonesian: baru

References

• “baru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Papuan Malay

Etymology

From Malay baru.

Verb

baru

1. be new

Adverb

baru

1. recently
2. then, and then
3. after all

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

1. accusative singular of bȁra

Sundanese

Romanization

baru

1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮥ

Ternate

baru

Etymology

Likely from Malay baru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾu/

Noun

baru

1. sea hibiscus

   Synonym: baru dowongi

References

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

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ru/

Noun

baru

1. boat caulking

References

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