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See also: bāru, bäru, and barů

Afar

Barwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaru/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Noun

báru m (plural barwá f or baritteetá f)

  1. freckle

Declension

Declension of báru
absolutive báru
predicative báru
subjective barí
genitive barí
Postpositioned forms
l-case bárul
k-case báruk
t-case bárut
h-case báruh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bàru”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 31

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay baru.

Adjective

baru

  1. new

Adverb

baru

  1. recently, just now

Further reading

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "age"): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): muda (“young”) (living things)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

baru

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of bar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Verb

baru

  1. imperative of bari

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baharu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Adjective

baru

  1. new (age of non-living things)
    rumah baru
    new house

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "age"): lama (“old”) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): biak (“young”) (living things)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ru/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ru

Etymology 1

From earlier baroe, baharoe, from Malay baru, baharu, from Classical Malay (baru), (baharu), from Old Malay (baharu), from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Compare Tagalog bago.

Adjective

baru

  1. new
    Synonym: anyar
    Saya mempunyai kamus yang baru.
    I have a new dictionary.
    Kamus saya baru.
    My dictionary is new.
  2. modern
    Synonym: modern
Derived terms

Verb

baru

  1. Near perfect aspect i.e. the action or situation has just been completed
Derived terms

Adverb

baru

  1. (colloquial) recently
    Synonym: lagi
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Malay baru, from Proto-Malayic *baru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of waru.

Noun

baru

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
    Synonyms: embaru, waru
Alternative forms

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese barro.

Noun

baru

  1. (Sotavento) clay

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latvian

Noun

baru m

  1. inflection of bars:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

baru

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bārt

Lithuanian

Noun

baru m

  1. instrumental singular of baras

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh. Compare Tagalog bago.

Adverb

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. just, recently, a few moments ago
    Aku baru sampai di rumah.
    I've just arrived home.

Adjective

baru (Jawi spelling بارو)

  1. new; recently came into existence
    tahun baru ― new year
Usage notes
  • Although Kamus Dewan makes no such distinction, many people wrongly believe that baru should not be used as an adjective meaning "new" and that only baharu could be used in such way.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants
  • Indonesian: baru
  • Baba Malay: baru
  • → Min Nan: 麻汝

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *baru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

sea hibiscus, Talipariti tiliaceum

Noun

baru (Jawi spelling بارو, plural baru-baru, informal 1st possessive baruku, 2nd possessive barumu, 3rd possessive barunya)

  1. sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

Papuan Malay

Etymology

From Malay baru.

Verb

baru

  1. be new

Adverb

baru

  1. recently
  2. then, and then
  3. after all

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. dative/locative singular of bȃr

Noun

baru (Cyrillic spelling бару)

  1. accusative singular of bȁra

Sundanese

Romanization

baru

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮛᮥ

Ternate

baru

Etymology

Likely from Malay baru

Pronunciation

Noun

baru

  1. sea hibiscus
    Synonym: baru dowongi

References

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

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Collins to be a borrowing from Malay .

Pronunciation

Noun

baru

  1. boat caulking

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
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