muru

See also: Muru, murù, můru, and mǔrǔ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

muru

1. (New Zealand) An act of retaliatory theft among the Maori.

Anagrams

• Urum

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Darkinjung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊɹʊ/

Noun

muru

1. pathway

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Dharug

Noun

muru

1. path

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Estonian

Noun

muru (genitive muru, partitive muru)

1. lawn
2. grass

Declension

Inflection of muru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	muru	murud
accusative	muru	murud
genitive	muru	murude
partitive	muru	murusid
illative	murru murusse	murudesse
inessive	murus	murudes
elative	murust	murudest
allative	murule	murudele
adessive	murul	murudel
ablative	murult	murudelt
translative	muruks	murudeks
terminative	muruni	murudeni
essive	muruna	murudena
abessive	muruta	murudeta
comitative	muruga	murudega

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Finnish

Etymology

From murtaa +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: mu‧ru

Noun

muru

1. A crumb
2. A very small amount of something, a jot, an iota.
3. (colloquial) honey (term of affection)

Declension

Inflection of muru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		muru	murut
genitive		murun	murujen
partitive		murua	muruja
illative		muruun	muruihin
		singular	plural
nominative		muru	murut
accusative	nom.	muru	murut
	gen.	murun
genitive		murun	murujen
partitive		murua	muruja
inessive		murussa	muruissa
elative		murusta	muruista
illative		muruun	muruihin
adessive		murulla	muruilla
ablative		murulta	muruilta
allative		murulle	muruille
essive		muruna	muruina
translative		muruksi	muruiksi
instructive		—	muruin
abessive		murutta	muruitta
comitative		—	muruineen

Possessive forms of muru (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	muruni	murumme
2nd person	murusi	murunne
3rd person	murunsa

Synonyms

• (jot) hitunen, hiven, kipene, murunen, rahtu
• (honey) kulta, kulti

Derived terms

• murunen

Related terms

• muren
• murentaa
• murentua
• murtua

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Gamilaraay

Noun

muru

1. nose

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Karelian

Noun

muru

1. crumb

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Michoacán Mazahua

Noun

muru

1. egg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Metaphony of Old Norse mǫru, oblique singular forms of mara. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, whence also modern English mare (“evil spirit”).

Noun

muru f (definite singular murua or (defunct) muro, indefinite plural murur, definite plural murune)

1. (dialectal or nonstandard since 1917) alternative form of mare (“evil spirit”)
   • 1954, Fjellstad, Lars M., “Murua”, in Haugfolk og trollskap, page 18:

     Murua var atterganger etter ugifte kvinnfolk som ikkje hadde hatt mann, sa dei gamle[.]

     The mare[s were] the ghost[s] of unmarried womenfolk which never had had a man, said the old ones.

   • 1918, Gamalt fraa Numedal, volume 3, Gunleikson, page 24:

     Krøteri var ute for muro, dei med.

     Even the cattle were exposed to the mare-wight.

Usage notes

• This form was the standard form allowed under the scarcely used Midlandsnormalen of 1901, alongside maru. It had the inflected forms muro, murur and murune, in the definite singular, indefinite plural and definite plural respectively. These forms faded into oblivion and were definitely defunct by the spelling reform of 1917.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ru/
• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: mu‧ru

Noun

muru m inan

1. genitive singular of mur

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.

Noun

muru

1. wall

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin mūrus. Compare Italian muro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾu/
• Hyphenation: mù‧ru

Noun

muru m (plural muri or mura)

1. wall

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish muru.

Noun

muru

1. crumb
2. bit, small piece

Inflection

Inflection of muru
nominative sing.	muru
genitive sing.	murun
partitive sing.	murud
partitive plur.	muruid
	singular	plural
nominative	muru	murud
accusative	murun	murud
genitive	murun	muruiden
partitive	murud	muruid
essive-instructive	murun	muruin
translative	muruks	muruikš
inessive	murus	muruiš
elative	muruspäi	muruišpäi
illative	?	muruihe
adessive	murul	muruil
ablative	murulpäi	muruilpäi
allative	murule	muruile
abessive	muruta	muruita
comitative	murunke	muruidenke
prolative	murudme	muruidme
approximative I	murunno	muruidenno
approximative II	murunnoks	muruidennoks
egressive	murunnopäi	muruidennopäi
terminative I	?	muruihesai
terminative II	murulesai	muruilesai
terminative III	murussai	—
additive I	?	muruihepäi
additive II	murulepäi	muruilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “крошка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Yagara

Noun

muru

1. Alternative form of muro.

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugarabul Body Parts.