kuro

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See also: kúro, kūro, kůro, and Kurō

Akan

Noun

kuro (plural nkuro)

  1. town
    Asuafo no kaa nsɛmpa wo nkuro-nkuro so.
    The disciples spread the good news in the various towns.

References

Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ku‧ro
  • IPA(key): /kuˈɾoʔ/

Noun

kurô

  1. pleat

Esperanto

Etymology

From the verb kuri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kuro (accusative singular kuron, plural kuroj, accusative plural kurojn)

  1. run

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kuron (cooking pot) (compare with Tongan kulo and Samoan 'ulo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kudən, from Proto-Austronesian *kudən.[1][2]

Noun

kuro

  1. clay pot

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kulo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 68-9

Further reading

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “cila, cilava”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 128-9

Finnish

Verb

kuro

  1. inflection of kuroa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kuro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くろ

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kuro

  1. vocative singular of kur

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -urɔ
  • Syllabification: ku‧ro

Noun

kuro f

  1. vocative singular of kura

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kuro (n class, plural kuro)

  1. waterbuck (species of antelope)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

kurò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. opinion
    Synonyms: pala-palagay, kuro-kuro, palagay, opinyon, isip
  2. belief
    Synonyms: paniwala, paniniwala
  3. supposition
    Synonyms: haka, haka-haka
  4. reflection; meditation
    Synonyms: pagsasaisip, pagsasaalang-alang

Derived terms

Tocharian B

Etymology

A form of kwär- (to age, grow old).

Adjective

kuro

  1. listless

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kuro”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 195

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

kuro

  1. moment

Inflection

Inflection of kuro (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. kuro
genitive sing. kuron
partitive sing. kurod
partitive plur.
singular plural
nominative kuro
accusative kuron
genitive kuron
partitive kurod
essive-instructive kuron
translative kuroks
inessive kuros
elative kurospäi
illative kuroho
adessive kurol
ablative kurolpäi
allative kurole
abessive kurota
comitative kuronke
prolative kurodme
approximative I kuronno
approximative II kuronnoks
egressive kuronnopäi
terminative I kurohosai
terminative II kurolesai
terminative III kurossai
additive I kurohopäi
additive II kurolepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “миг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

kúrò

  1. to leave; to go away
    Kúrò níwájú mi!Get out of my way!
    Màá mú un kúrò níbẹ̀.I'll take it away from there.

Derived terms