taru
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Most likely from Proto-Baltic *trav-, compare Latvian drava and Lithuanian dravis. Alternatively the same root as in tare (“farmhouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taru (genitive taru, partitive taru)
Declension edit
Declension of taru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | taru | tarud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | taru | ||
genitive | tarude | ||
partitive | taru | tarusid | |
illative | tarru tarusse |
tarudesse | |
inessive | tarus | tarudes | |
elative | tarust | tarudest | |
allative | tarule | tarudele | |
adessive | tarul | tarudel | |
ablative | tarult | tarudelt | |
translative | taruks | tarudeks | |
terminative | taruni | tarudeni | |
essive | taruna | tarudena | |
abessive | taruta | tarudeta | |
comitative | taruga | tarudega |
Further reading edit
- “taru”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “taru”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- taru in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
tar- + -u, probably from the same root as dialectal tarista (“to talk, tell stories”), which is of onomatopoeic origin. Adapted to modern meanings by Finnish postmaster, author and translator Otto Tandefelt in 1836, probably with some inspiration from tarina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taru
Declension edit
Inflection of taru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | taru | tarut | ||
genitive | tarun | tarujen | ||
partitive | tarua | taruja | ||
illative | taruun | taruihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | taru | tarut | ||
accusative | nom. | taru | tarut | |
gen. | tarun | |||
genitive | tarun | tarujen | ||
partitive | tarua | taruja | ||
inessive | tarussa | taruissa | ||
elative | tarusta | taruista | ||
illative | taruun | taruihin | ||
adessive | tarulla | taruilla | ||
ablative | tarulta | taruilta | ||
allative | tarulle | taruille | ||
essive | taruna | taruina | ||
translative | taruksi | taruiksi | ||
abessive | tarutta | taruitta | ||
instructive | — | taruin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “taru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tārū m (plural tārunā̀, possessed form tārun)
- large fishing net
See also edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
taru
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *talu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taru
References edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Noun edit
taru m
Declension edit
Declension table of "taru" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | taru | taravo or tarū |
Accusative (second) | taruṃ | taravo or tarū |
Instrumental (third) | tarunā | tarūhi or tarūbhi |
Dative (fourth) | tarussa or taruno | tarūnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | tarusmā or tarumhā | tarūhi or tarūbhi |
Genitive (sixth) | tarussa or taruno | tarūnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | tarusmiṃ or tarumhi | tarūsu |
Vocative (calling) | taru | tarave or taravo |
References edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “taru”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead