biru

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See also: bīru and bǐrú

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Noun

biru

  1. blue

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

Noun

biru

  1. blue

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ru/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ru
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ru

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

  1. blue (colour)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay biru-biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu. Doublet of wiru.

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

  1. folds on the edges of clothes, cloth, and so on as decoration

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alune

Noun

biru (first-person possessive biruku, second-person possessive birumu, third-person possessive birunya)

  1. red mouth from eating areca nut

Further reading

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

  1. blue (colour)

Japanese

Romanization

biru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ビル

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese biru.

Adjective

biru (krama-ngoko biru)

  1. blue

Noun

biru (krama ngoko biru)

  1. blue

Kavalan

Noun

biru

  1. charcoal
  2. embers

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. green (having green as its colour)

Noun

biru

  1. green (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Pronunciation

Adjective

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو)

  1. blue (blue-colored)
    Synonyms: belau, nila, paul

Noun

biru (Jawi spelling بيرو, plural biru-biru, informal 1st possessive biruku, 2nd possessive birumu, 3rd possessive birunya)

  1. blue (colour)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: biru

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

biru

  1. first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
biru biru
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbiru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Javanese

Adjective

biru

  1. blue

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay بيرو (biru).

Pronunciation

Noun

biru

  1. blue

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.

Adjective

biru

  1. blue (blue-colored)

Noun

biru

  1. blue (colour)
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