burru

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈburu/,
  • Rhymes: -uru
  • Hyphenation: bu‧rru

Noun

burru m (plural burros)

  1. young stallion
    Synonyms: caballu, caballín, garañón
  2. donkey (a domestic animal)
    Synonyms: pollín, burricu, rocín, burriachu

Adjective

burru m sg (feminine singular burra, neuter singular burro, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

  1. stupid, foolish
    Synonyms: bacín, pencu, neciu, tontu, fatu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːruː/

Noun

burˈru

  1. bull (bovine)

Inflection

Even u-stem, rˈr-rr gradation
Nominative burˈru
Genitive burru
burrọ
Singular Plural
Nominative burˈru burrut
Accusative burru burrūid
Genitive burru
burrọ
burrūid
Illative burˈrui burrūide
Locative burrus burrūin
Comitative burrūin burrūiguin
Essive burˈrun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person burˈron burˈrome burˈromet
2nd person burˈrot burˈrode burˈrodet
3rd person burˈrus burˈruska burˈruset

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Oluta Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burru

  1. donkey

References

  • Clark, Lawrence E. (1981) Diccionario popoluca de Oluta: Popoluca - español, español - popoluca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 25)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 5

Wiradjuri

Noun

burru

  1. Alternative spelling of buurruu