See also: Burru

Asturian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈburu/, [ˈbu.ru]
  • Rhymes: -uru
  • Hyphenation: bu‧rru

Noun edit

burru m (plural burros)

  1. young stallion
    Synonyms: caballu, caballín, garañón
  2. donkey (a domestic animal)
    Synonyms: pollín, burricu, rocín, burriachu

Adjective edit

burru m sg (feminine singular burra, neuter singular burro, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

  1. stupid, foolish
    Synonyms: bacín, pencu, neciu, tontu, fatu

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːruː/

Noun edit

burˈru

  1. bull (bovine)

Inflection edit

Even u-stem, rˈr-rr gradation
Nominative burˈru
Genitive burru
burrọ
Singular Plural
Nominative burˈru burrut
Accusative burru burrūid
Genitive burru
burrọ
burrūid
Illative burˈrui burrūide
Locative burrus burrūin
Comitative burrūin burrūiguin
Essive burˈrun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person burˈron burˈrome burˈromet
2nd person burˈrot burˈrode burˈrodet
3rd person burˈrus burˈruska burˈruset

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Oluta Popoluca edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun edit

burru

  1. donkey

References edit

  • Clark, Lawrence E. (1981) Diccionario popoluca de Oluta: Popoluca - español, español - popoluca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 25)‎[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 5

Wiradjuri edit

Noun edit

burru

  1. Alternative spelling of buurruu