English

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Etymology

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From Japanese (まる) (maru, circle; suffix used for ship names).

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Noun

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maru (plural marus)

  1. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
    the Nippon Maru
    • 1941 November 23, “Pearly Harbor Attack”, in Hearings, volume 11:
      Intelligence Report [] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.
    • 1985, Lawrence Cortesi, Valor in the Sky, page 21:
      Does the 9th Fleet have enough marus and warships to carry two divisions of troops and their supplies to Buna?
    • 1992, Edward J. Drea, MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War Against Japan, 1942-1945, University Press of Kansas:
      four more marus fell to torpedoes
  2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic () used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
    Synonym: handakuten
  3. A large, circular punctuation mark () used as a full stop in Japanese text.

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References

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  • maru”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Anguthimri

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Noun

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maru

  1. (Mpakwithi) queenfish

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  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Cubeo

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Conjunction

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maru

  1. if (in nasal environment).
    Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.
    If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.

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References

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maru", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Japanese

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Romanization

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maru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まる

Javanese

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Romanization

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maru

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦫꦸ.

Ngaanyatjarra

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Adjective

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maru

  1. black, dark

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Amee Glass, Dorothy Hackett (2003) Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary, IAD Press, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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maru f (definite singular maro, indefinite plural marur, definite plural marune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of mare

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Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.ru/
  • Rhymes: -ru
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ru

Etymology 1

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Affixed ro, rwa (two) +‎ ma- (active verb prefix).

Noun

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maru

  1. co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)

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maru

  1. jealous

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦩꦫꦸ (maru) (inherited)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (maru, wilderness).

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maru

  1. wilderness
  2. sandy waste, desert

Further reading

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  • "maru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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maru m

  1. deity
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Etymology 2

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maru f

  1. sand
  2. (by extension) sandy waste