puru

See also: pūru and p'uru

Asturian

Etymology

Adjective

puru m sg (feminine singular pura, neuter singular puro, masculine plural puros, feminine plural pures)

pure

Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puru. Equivalent to purra (“to bite”) +‎ -u. Compare Estonian puru (“dust”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpuru/,
Rhymes: -uru
Syllabification^(key): pu‧ru

Noun

puru

(rare outside compounds) Synonym of pureminen (“biting, chewing”)
purukumi ― chewing gum
A quantity of finely chewn food, such as a bird may give to its young.
chaw, chew (plug or wad of chewing tobacco)
Pelaajat istuivat penkillä katsellen sadetta, jauhaen juroina puruaan.
The players sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.
(pathology) ache, pain (gnawing, persistent pain, especially in stomach)
mahanpuru ― stomachache
dust, powder, swarf (waste chips, shavings and dust from working a solid material)
sahanpuru ― sawdust

kutterinpuru ― cutter swarf

Declension

Inflection of puru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		puru	purut
genitive		purun	purujen
partitive		purua	puruja
illative		puruun	puruihin
		singular	plural
nominative		puru	purut
accusative	nom.	puru	purut
accusative	gen.	purun	purut
genitive		purun	purujen
partitive		purua	puruja
inessive		purussa	puruissa
elative		purusta	puruista
illative		puruun	puruihin
adessive		purulla	puruilla
ablative		purulta	puruilta
allative		purulle	puruille
essive		puruna	puruina
translative		puruksi	puruiksi
abessive		purutta	puruitta
instructive		—	puruin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of puru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		puruni	puruni
accusative	nom.	puruni	puruni
accusative	gen.	puruni	puruni
genitive		puruni	purujeni
partitive		puruani	purujani
inessive		purussani	puruissani
elative		purustani	puruistani
illative		puruuni	puruihini
adessive		purullani	puruillani
ablative		purultani	puruiltani
allative		purulleni	puruilleni
essive		purunani	puruinani
translative		purukseni	puruikseni
abessive		puruttani	puruittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	puruineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		purusi	purusi
accusative	nom.	purusi	purusi
accusative	gen.	purusi	purusi
genitive		purusi	purujesi
partitive		puruasi	purujasi
inessive		purussasi	puruissasi
elative		purustasi	puruistasi
illative		puruusi	puruihisi
adessive		purullasi	puruillasi
ablative		purultasi	puruiltasi
allative		purullesi	puruillesi
essive		purunasi	puruinasi
translative		puruksesi	puruiksesi
abessive		puruttasi	puruittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	puruinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		purumme	purumme
accusative	nom.	purumme	purumme
accusative	gen.	purumme	purumme
genitive		purumme	purujemme
partitive		puruamme	purujamme
inessive		purussamme	puruissamme
elative		purustamme	puruistamme
illative		puruumme	puruihimme
adessive		purullamme	puruillamme
ablative		purultamme	puruiltamme
allative		purullemme	puruillemme
essive		purunamme	puruinamme
translative		puruksemme	puruiksemme
abessive		puruttamme	puruittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	puruinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		purunne	purunne
accusative	nom.	purunne	purunne
accusative	gen.	purunne	purunne
genitive		purunne	purujenne
partitive		puruanne	purujanne
inessive		purussanne	puruissanne
elative		purustanne	puruistanne
illative		puruunne	puruihinne
adessive		purullanne	puruillanne
ablative		purultanne	puruiltanne
allative		purullenne	puruillenne
essive		purunanne	puruinanne
translative		puruksenne	puruiksenne
abessive		puruttanne	puruittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	puruinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		purunsa	purunsa
accusative	nom.	purunsa	purunsa
accusative	gen.	purunsa	purunsa
genitive		purunsa	purujensa
partitive		puruaan puruansa	purujaan purujansa
inessive		purussaan purussansa	puruissaan puruissansa
elative		purustaan purustansa	puruistaan puruistansa
illative		puruunsa	puruihinsa
adessive		purullaan purullansa	puruillaan puruillansa
ablative		purultaan purultansa	puruiltaan puruiltansa
allative		purulleen purullensa	puruilleen puruillensa
essive		purunaan purunansa	puruinaan puruinansa
translative		purukseen puruksensa	puruikseen puruiksensa
abessive		puruttaan puruttansa	puruittaan puruittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	puruineen puruinensa

Synonyms

(finely chewed food): purus, puretus
(chaw): mälli
(pain): kipu

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

Urpu, urpu

Guaraní

Verb

puru

to use

Conjugation

Conjugation of puru

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
active
	indicative	che aipuru	nde reipuru	ha'e oipuru	ñande jaipuru	ore roipuru	peẽ peipuru	ha'ekuéra oipuru/oipuru hikuái
	hortative	taipuru che	tereipuru nde	toipuru ha'e	tajaipuru ñande	taroipuru ore	tapeipuru peẽ	toipuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eipuru	-	-	-	peipuru	-
passive
	indicative	che ajepuru	nde rejepuru	ha'e ojepuru	ñande jajepuru	ore rojepuru	peẽ pejepuru	ha'ekuéra ojepuru/ojepuru hikuái
	hortative	tajepuru che	terejepuru nde	tojepuru ha'e	tajajepuru ñande	tarojepuru ore	tapejepuru peẽ	tojepuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejepuru	-	-	-	pejepuru	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajoipuru	ore rojoipuru	peẽ pejoipuru	ha'ekuéra ojoipuru/ojoipuru hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajoipuru ñande	tarojoipuru ore	tapejoipuru peẽ	tojoipuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejoipuru	-
coactive
	indicative	che aimbopuru	nde reimbopuru	ha'e oimbopuru	ñande ñaimbopuru	ore roimbopuru	peẽ peimbopuru	ha'ekuéra oimbopuru/oimbopuru hikuái
	hortative	taimbopuru che	tereimbopuru nde	toimbopuru ha'e	tañaimbopuru ñande	taroimbopuru ore	tapeimbopuru peẽ	toimbopuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eimbopuru	-	-	-	peimbopuru	-
objective
	indicative	che airopuru/aigueropuru	nde reiropuru/reigueropuru	ha'e oiropuru/oigueropuru	ñande jairopuru/jaigueropuru	ore roiropuru/roigueropuru	peẽ peiropuru/peigueropuru	ha'ekuéra oiropuru/oigueropuru//oiropuru/oigueropuru hikuái
	hortative	tairopuru/taigueropuru che	tereiropuru/tereigueropuru nde	toiropuru/toigueropuru ha'e	tajairopuru/tajaigueropuru ñande	taroiropuru/taroigueropuru ore	tapeiropuru/tapeigueropuru peẽ	toiropuru/toigueropuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eiropuru/eigueropuru	-	-	-	peiropuru/peigueropuru	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aiporopuru/aimba'epuru	nde reiporopuru/reimba'epuru	ha'e oiporopuru/oimba'epuru	ñande jaiporopuru/ñaimba'epuru	ore roiporopuru/roimba'epuru	peẽ peiporopuru/peimba'epuru	ha'ekuéra oiporopuru/oimba'epuru//oiporopuru/oimba'epuru hikuái
	hortative	taiporopuru/taimba'epuru che	tereiporopuru/tereimba'epuru nde	toiporopuru/toimba'epuru ha'e	tajaiporopuru/tañaimba'epuru ñande	taroiporopuru/taroimba'epuru ore	tapeiporopuru/tapeimba'epuru peẽ	toiporopuru/toimba'epuru ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eiporopuru/eimba'epuru	-	-	-	peiporopuru/peimba'epuru	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Latvian

Noun

puru m

(dialectal) accusative singular of purs
(dialectal) instrumental singular of purs
(dialectal) genitive plural of purs

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu and Hawaiian pulu "coconut husk") from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulut. Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.

Noun

puru

plug
caulk
(archaic, obsolete) coconut husk

Verb

puru

to plug, to fill or stuff in, to cram

Adverb

puru

absolutely, extremely, stuffed

Related terms

purupuru

References

^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 379
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 29
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Wiradjuri buurruu

Noun

puru

(anatomy) testicles

Quechua

Noun

puru

Alternative spelling of p'uru
Alternative spelling of phuru

Usage notes

Not to be confused with purun.

Declension

declension of puru

	singular	plural
nominative	puru	purukuna
accusative	puruta	purukunata
dative	puruman	purukunaman
genitive	purup	purukunap
locative	purupi	purukunapi
terminative	purukama	purukunakama
ablative	purumanta	purukunamanta
instrumental	puruwan	purukunawan
comitative	puruntin	purukunantin
abessive	purunnaq	purukunannaq
comparative	puruhina	purukunahina
causative	pururayku	purukunarayku
benefactive	purupaq	purukunapaq
associative	purupura	purukunapura
distributive	purunka	purukunanka
exclusive	purulla	purukunalla

possessive forms of puru

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	puruy	puruykuna
accusative	puruyta	puruykunata
dative	puruyman	puruykunaman
genitive	puruypa	puruykunap
locative	puruypi	puruykunapi
terminative	puruykama	puruykunakama
ablative	puruymanta	puruykunamanta
instrumental	puruywan	puruykunawan
comitative	puruynintin	puruykunantin
abessive	puruyninnaq	puruykunannaq
comparative	puruyhina	puruykunahina
causative	puruyrayku	puruykunarayku
benefactive	puruypaq	puruykunapaq
associative	puruypura	puruykunapura
distributive	puruyninka	puruykunanka
exclusive	puruylla	puruykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	puruyki	puruykikuna
accusative	puruykita	puruykikunata
dative	puruykiman	puruykikunaman
genitive	puruykipa	puruykikunap
locative	puruykipi	puruykikunapi
terminative	puruykikama	puruykikunakama
ablative	puruykimanta	puruykikunamanta
instrumental	puruykiwan	puruykikunawan
comitative	puruykintin	puruykikunantin
abessive	puruykinnaq	puruykikunannaq
comparative	puruykihina	puruykikunahina
causative	puruykirayku	puruykikunarayku
benefactive	puruykipaq	puruykikunapaq
associative	puruykipura	puruykikunapura
distributive	puruykinka	puruykikunanka
exclusive	puruykilla	puruykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	purun	purunkuna
accusative	purunta	purunkunata
dative	purunman	purunkunaman
genitive	purunpa	purunkunap
locative	purunpi	purunkunapi
terminative	purunkama	purunkunakama
ablative	purunmanta	purunkunamanta
instrumental	purunwan	purunkunawan
comitative	purunintin	purunkunantin
abessive	purunninnaq	purunkunannaq
comparative	purunhina	purunkunahina
causative	purunrayku	purunkunarayku
benefactive	purunpaq	purunkunapaq
associative	purunpura	purunkunapura
distributive	puruninka	purunkunanka
exclusive	purunlla	purunkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	purunchik	purunchikkuna
accusative	purunchikta	purunchikkunata
dative	purunchikman	purunchikkunaman
genitive	purunchikpa	purunchikkunap
locative	purunchikpi	purunchikkunapi
terminative	purunchikkama	purunchikkunakama
ablative	purunchikmanta	purunchikkunamanta
instrumental	purunchikwan	purunchikkunawan
comitative	purunchiknintin	purunchikkunantin
abessive	purunchikninnaq	purunchikkunannaq
comparative	purunchikhina	purunchikkunahina
causative	purunchikrayku	purunchikkunarayku
benefactive	purunchikpaq	purunchikkunapaq
associative	purunchikpura	purunchikkunapura
distributive	purunchikninka	purunchikkunanka
exclusive	purunchiklla	purunchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	puruyku	puruykukuna
accusative	puruykuta	puruykukunata
dative	puruykuman	puruykukunaman
genitive	puruykupa	puruykukunap
locative	puruykupi	puruykukunapi
terminative	puruykukama	puruykukunakama
ablative	puruykumanta	puruykukunamanta
instrumental	puruykuwan	puruykukunawan
comitative	puruykuntin	puruykukunantin
abessive	puruykunnaq	puruykukunannaq
comparative	puruykuhina	puruykukunahina
causative	puruykurayku	puruykukunarayku
benefactive	puruykupaq	puruykukunapaq
associative	puruykupura	puruykukunapura
distributive	puruykunka	puruykukunanka
exclusive	puruykulla	puruykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	puruykichik	puruykichikkuna
accusative	puruykichikta	puruykichikkunata
dative	puruykichikman	puruykichikkunaman
genitive	puruykichikpa	puruykichikkunap
locative	puruykichikpi	puruykichikkunapi
terminative	puruykichikkama	puruykichikkunakama
ablative	puruykichikmanta	puruykichikkunamanta
instrumental	puruykichikwan	puruykichikkunawan
comitative	puruykichiknintin	puruykichikkunantin
abessive	puruykichikninnaq	puruykichikkunannaq
comparative	puruykichikhina	puruykichikkunahina
causative	puruykichikrayku	puruykichikkunarayku
benefactive	puruykichikpaq	puruykichikkunapaq
associative	puruykichikpura	puruykichikkunapura
distributive	puruykichikninka	puruykichikkunanka
exclusive	puruykichiklla	puruykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	purunku	purunkukuna
accusative	purunkuta	purunkukunata
dative	purunkuman	purunkukunaman
genitive	purunkupa	purunkukunap
locative	purunkupi	purunkukunapi
terminative	purunkukama	purunkukunakama
ablative	purunkumanta	purunkukunamanta
instrumental	purunkuwan	purunkukunawan
comitative	purunkuntin	purunkukunantin
abessive	purunkunnaq	purunkukunannaq
comparative	purunkuhina	purunkukunahina
causative	purunkurayku	purunkukunarayku
benefactive	purunkupaq	purunkukunapaq
associative	purunkupura	purunkukunapura
distributive	purunkunka	purunkukunanka
exclusive	purunkulla	purunkukunalla

Sicilian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾu/
Hyphenation: pù‧ru

Etymology 1

From Latin pūrus.

Adjective

puru (feminine singular pura, masculine and feminine plural puri)

pure

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin pūre, adverbial form of pūrus.

Adverb

puru

also, too
even

Synonyms

macari

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

puru

steam, vapour

Inflection

Inflection of puru (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	puru
genitive sing.	purun
partitive sing.	purud
partitive plur.	puruid
	singular	plural
nominative	puru	purud
accusative	purun	purud
genitive	purun	puruiden
partitive	purud	puruid
essive-instructive	purun	puruin
translative	puruks	puruikš

inessive	purus	puruiš
elative	puruspäi	puruišpäi
illative	puruhu	puruihe

adessive	purul	puruil
ablative	purulpäi	puruilpäi
allative	purule	puruile

abessive	puruta	puruita
comitative	purunke	puruidenke
prolative	purudme	puruidme

approximative I	purunno	puruidenno
approximative II	purunnoks	puruidennoks
egressive	purunnopäi	puruidennopäi

terminative I	puruhusai	puruihesai
terminative II	purulesai	puruilesai
terminative III	purussai	—

additive I	puruhupäi	puruihepäi
additive II	purulepäi	puruilepäi

References

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

[1] Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 379

[Biggs-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 29

[3] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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