iru

iru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iru"

Translingual

Symbol

iru

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Irula.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Irula terms

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Yoruba irú.

    Noun

    iru (uncountable)

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

    Anagrams

    Big Nambas

    Big Nambas cardinal numbers
     <  1 2 3  > 
        Cardinal : iru

    Etymology

    From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /iru/

    Numeral

    iru

    1. two

    References

    Esperanto

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈiru/
    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes: -iru
    • Syllabification: i‧ru

    Verb

    iru

    1. imperative of iri

    Japanese

    Romanization

    iru

    1. Rōmaji transcription of いる

    Kikuyu

    Etymology

    Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ìɾǔꜜ/
    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

    iru class 5 (plural maru)

    1. knee[2][4]

    Derived terms

    (Proverbs)

    • nyama ya mbũri ndiunagwo na iru

    References

    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

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

    Pronoun

    iru

    1. her

    Declension

    Old Saxon personal pronouns
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
    2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
    3rd
    person
    m ina imu is
    f siu sia iru ira
    n it it is
    dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
    2nd person git ink inker, inka
    plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
    2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
    3rd
    person
    m sia im iro
    f sia
    n siu

    Ternate

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (ladle made of a half coconut-shell). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (id).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)i.ru/

    Noun

    iru

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

    References

    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

    Yoruba

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ī.ɾú/

    Noun

    irú

    1. type, kind, sort
      Synonym: ríṣi
      Irú ẹja wo leléyìí?Which type of fish is this?
    2. breed
      Synonym: ẹ̀yà
    Derived terms
    • irúfẹ́
    • irúkírú
    • onírúurú (variety)

    Etymology 2

    Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ī.ɾú/

    Noun

    irú

    1. seed
      Synonym: irúgbìn
    Derived terms
    • irúgbàá
    • irúgbìn (seed)
    • ìrúlá (okra seed)

    Etymology 3

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ī.ɾú/

    Noun

    irú

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

    Etymology 4

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ī.ɾù/

    Noun

    irù

    1. tsetse fly

    Etymology 5

    See Urhobo úrhúrhu

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ì.ɾù/

    Noun

    ìrù

    1. tail
    Derived terms

    Etymology 6

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ì.ɾú/

    Noun

    ìrú

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