yuru

yuru

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

  • yurru

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juɻu/

Noun

yuru

  1. cloud
    • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Cloud | yuro or yurru
    • 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
      Clouds .... ... yuru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Peter Austin (1993) A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (Thesis)‎[1], Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

yuru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆる

Martuthunira

Noun

yuru

  1. milk

Nukunu

Noun

yuru

  1. any of species Macropus robustus of small kangaroos; a wallaroo, a euro

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch uur.

Noun

yuru

  1. hour

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch huur, huren.

Verb

yuru

  1. to rent
  2. to rent out, to let
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, “juru”, in Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[2], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:
      mi sa juru mi Ningre gi ju
      [Mi sa yuru mi nengre gi yu]
      I'll rent out my Negro to you

Noun

yuru

  1. rent

Descendants

  • Caribbean Hindustani: yuru
  • Caribbean Javanese: yuru

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yuruŋ.

Noun

yuru

  1. cloud