English edit

Etymology edit

From Yoruba irú.

Noun edit

iru (uncountable)

  1. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.

Anagrams edit

Big Nambas edit

Big Nambas cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    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

  1. two

References edit

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

iru

  1. imperative of iri

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

iru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いる

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)

  1. knee[2][4]

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

References edit

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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

  1. her

Declension edit

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

  1. spoon, ladle, especially one made from a coconut shell

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

  1. type, kind, sort
    Synonym: ríṣi
    Irú ẹja wo leléyìí?Which type of fish is this?
  2. 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

  1. seed
    Synonym: irúgbìn
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

 
Irú tí a fi sebẹ̀.

From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (seed) +‎ ìgbá (the tree Parkia biglobosa), literally seed of the Parkia biglobosa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

irú

  1. fermented locust beans used in cooking.
    Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • English: iru

Etymology 4 edit

 
Irù

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

irù

  1. tsetse fly

Etymology 5 edit

 
Ológbò tó ń lé ìrù òun.

See Urhobo úrhúrhu

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìrù

  1. tail
Derived terms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìrú

  1. loyalty, allegiance; especially to a higher authority
  2. strenuous effort or labor
    Synonym: ìlàkàkà