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Salar
Etymology
Cognate to Turkish kırağı.
Pronunciation
- (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA(key): /qeru/
- (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /qiri/
- (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /qiru/, /qiro/
Noun
giru
- (dialectal, Mengda, Hualong, Ili) frost
- Synonyms: katu, shang
References
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “giru”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 106
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “giru”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 226
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “giru”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 260
Torres Strait Creole
Noun
giru
- (eastern dialect) a sprouting coconut
Usage notes
Giru (eastern dialect) or musu koknat (western dialect) is the second stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by wai (eastern dialect) or musu (western dialect), and followed by gad or smol koknat.