iru

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English

Etymology

From Yoruba irú.

Noun

iru (uncountable)

  1. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.

Anagrams

Big Nambas

Big Nambas cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : iru

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Initial i- is verbal, as with other numbers.

Pronunciation

Numeral

iru

  1. two

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Verb

iru

  1. imperative of iri

Japanese

Romanization

iru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いる

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records iru as an equivalent of English knee in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba iyu as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

iru class 5 (plural maru)

  1. knee

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  4. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
  • “iru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

iru

  1. her

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Ternate

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Javanese irus (“ladle made of a half coconut-shell”). Cognate with Tobelo iruhu (“id”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iru

  1. spoon, ladle, especially one made from a coconut shell

References

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

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

irú

  1. type, kind, sort
    Synonym: ríṣi
    Irú ẹja wo leléyìí? ― Which type of fish is this?
  2. breed
    Synonym: ẹ̀yà
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala úlú, probably derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lú

Pronunciation

Noun

irú

  1. seed
    Synonym: irúgbìn
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Irú tí a fi sebẹ̀.

From Clipping of irúgbàá, ultimately from irú (“seed”) +‎ ìgbá (“the tree Parkia biglobosa”), literally “seed of the Parkia biglobosa”.

Pronunciation

Noun

irú

  1. fermented locust beans used in cooking.
    Synonyms: irúgbàá, irúgbàá àbàtà
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: iru

Etymology 4

Irù

Pronunciation

Noun

irù

  1. tsetse fly

Etymology 5

Ológbò tó ń lé ìrù òun.

See Urhobo úrhúrhu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìrù

  1. tail
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Noun

ìrú

  1. loyalty, allegiance; especially to a higher authority
  2. strenuous effort or labor
    Synonym: ìlàkàkà
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